Re: pgsql/doc (FAQ_MSWIN INSTALL_MSWIN)

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql/doc (FAQ_MSWIN INSTALL_MSWIN)
Date: 2000-10-17 16:39:39
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0010171835570.980-100000@peter.localdomain
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Bruce Momjian writes:

> > Bruce Momjian - CVS writes:
> >
> > > FAQ_MSWIN is better than INSTALL_MSWIN
> >
> > No it's not... The file in question doesn't contain any questions or
> > answers, it contains installation instructions for Windows. Oh, and yes,
> > Microsoft does own the Windows name.
>
> I don't like to make the MS stuff look any more obvious than it already
> is so I threw it into FAQ.

First, since when are we in the business of hiding away documentation for
a supported platform, and second, how does putting installation
instructions into a file named "FAQ" make it less "obvious"?

> And I run X-Windows, thank you. :-)

: The X Consortium requests that the following names be used
: when referring to this software:
:
: X
: X Window System
: X Version 11
: X Window System, Version 11
: X11

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/

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