A minor nit:
On 9 Nov 2011, at 05:25, Karl Berry wrote:
>> +MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX
>> +5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.7.9, mingw, MSVC 9,
>> BeOS.
>> @end itemize
>
> Could you please break the line after a comma?
>
> [snip]
>
> (Also, I suggest MacOSX or MacOS@tie{}X instead of MacOS X, for
> precisely the reason you cite.)
After Mac OS 9 (note spaces) came Mac OS X, where the X is a roman numeral,
pronounced `ten'. Although it is common to see, e.g. Mac OS X 10.5 in
writing, it's redundant and technically incorrect. Better to either drop
the X, or the version number, or use the cat name, e.g.:
Mac OS 10.5
Mac OS X version 10.5
Mac OS X Leopard
Mac OS Leopard
Otherwise when I'm reading Mac OS X 10.5, I read "Mac OS ten ten point five" :(
Irrespective of that, outside of Apple, you see the incorrect spacing and
doubling
of `ten' frequently, so no one will misunderstand those mis-spellings :)
Cheers,
--
Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)
