Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 12:09:28 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:09:29 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2fec9d32b393daae0ff0ddeca3c4ffe2"; logging-data="3512446"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX189wIns+vgJrECsWZ1R60QJf5f5kapj0GU=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DHBhKhT5RimWZyvFG+5gSQHktwM= sha1:AOKn/360gYRUgaoK0aDkQaVQEzE= Bytes: 2259 rbowman wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 07:44:55 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > >> rbowman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code: >> >>> On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:18:02 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >>> >>>> LaTeX is a buncha wrapper macros to simplify TeX, I think. >>> >>> All I know is 'Tex' is not pronounced like 'Tex Ritter'. >> >> A friend of mine always chuckles when I mention "latex". > > Do purists pronounce that like the Hawk Tuah girl? Very few people pronounce anything like her. Other than perhaps "crypto scam".