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Mm, too lazy to research but doubt that’s true. X.org is from the 80’s if I remember correctly while x.com was registered in the PayPal era (late 90’s); unless X.org just took a very long time to register that domain.
@railsdev @aperson x.org was founded 2004
What?? No way. Shows what I know. Maybe I’m thinking of X11.
@railsdev yup, that's right x11 was founded 1987