GNU bug report logs - #73265
Spelling of macOS

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Xavier Noria <fxn <at> hashref.com>

Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 07:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #41 received at 73265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 73265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, fxn <at> hashref.com, eliz <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73265: Spelling of macOS
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:56:06 -0400

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  > The main reason is actually because the old way of writing it is
  > "Mac OS" (1984-2000) or "Mac OS X"/"OS X" (2000-2016)

I write it MacOS, which is different from all the ways Apple
reportedly wries it.  It follows normal practice -- where Apple
apparently never did.

That seems ideal.

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