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Amusing counter argument, but the pendant in me wants to point out that the DOS-name was inherited from the SCP product MS bought[1] rather than a naming conven
by laumars 11y ago
Amusing counter argument, but the pendant in me wants to point out that the DOS-name was inherited from the SCP product MS bought[1] rather than a naming convention MS created
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86-DOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86-DOS
- Kliment 11y agoI wouldn't comment on any other word, but it's "pedant". :)
- bitwize 11y agoAnd the pedant in me wishes to assert that Windows, strictly, follows the rule; it was originally sold as a windowing system for DOS, and the generic use of the word "window" to mean a rectangular section of the screen set aside for program output was well established.
- antod 11y agoAhhh back when the acronym WIMP used to mean something :)