For anybody who has missed the outcome of this thread: The first
fvwm release (0.5) was announced on 1st of June, 1993. The 1.0
release was announced on 21st of October, 1993.
On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 12:53:09PM -0500, larry.gensch_at_compaq.com wrote:
> On 25 Feb, Ulrich Fahrenberg wrote:
>
> > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=2164
> >
> > There is no really new information on the date-of-birth of FVWM, but
> > he's saying that FVWM means `Feeble Virtual Window Manager'...
> >
> > I prefer `feline'...
I prefer not making a decision :-)
> I've followed FVWM for quite a number of years. The "feeble" referred
> to its memory footprint, which was how FVWM was "marketed" in the early
> days.
>
> We can credit Robert with the concept of WM "module" programs: the
> first one was GoodStuff, which was rewritten (or renamed) as FvwmButtons
> and possibly FvwmWharf.
[snip]
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Mon Feb 25 2002 - 21:34:31 GMT