Dean_Swan at Mitel.COM wrote:

>> "Steve Jobs said two years ago that X is brain-damaged and it will be
>> gone in two years.  He was half right." -- Dennis Ritchie
> 
>      Wasn't this quote made by Jobs in the days of NeXT, Inc., in
>      reference to X-Windows when compared against NextStep (Now
> OpenStep)?  The way it's used here is almost "punny", in that it
> leads one to beleive that the "X" being referenced is "Mac OS-X".

Heh.  I was worried that someone would eventually take it like that.
Perhaps this revised quote is a littler clearer...

Aaron
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"Steve Jobs said two years ago that X [Window System] is brain-damaged
and it will be gone in two years.  He was half right." -- Dennis Ritchie



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