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RE: I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex"
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RE: I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex"


  • Subject: RE: I reserve the right to pronounce "X" as "Ex"
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:45:31 -0800

On 3/14/01 12:52 PM, Bill Briggs <email@hidden> wrote:

>>Didn't they name it X because an OS already existed with the name OS 10?
>
>I think that was OS 9, and it was an OS most of us had never heard
>of. And that company did try to sue Apple. I didn't follow it
>closely, but in the end I think they were unsuccessful.

OS 9 is used primarily in embedded systems, although it was also the
operating system for the Radio Shack Color Computer (CoCo).

--Michelle

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