> I already thought about that, but in my dictonary there is written:
>
> xerox = photocopy,
>
> The question is: is "xerox = photocopy" because everybody
> uses it that way because the name is taken from the company,
> or has there been the word "xerox" first
> and the company named itsel "xerox" aterwards?
>
Xerox named itself that after they decided they'd be doing `xerography,'
or copying.
(other people have talked on this subject, so I won't)
Re: `xcopy': there is an MSDOS command by this name.. it could get
confusing ;)
I suggest `xcopier' as a compromise. ;)
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