On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Gerhard
Fiedler<lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote:
>> I actually agree with you. I do not know why James use Windows 2k3
>> instead of 2003. Maybe to save typing one character.
>
> He probably used it because it's common in certain contexts.
>
> It originated in an environment where 2k3 didn't mean 2300 -- 2k3 didn't
> have a meaning for most sys admins before Win2k3 meant "Windows 2003".
> It is an extension of Win2k meaning "Windows 2000". Writing Win2k003
> wouldn't really make sense, abbreviation-wise.
>
> Neither meaning is really standard. Both have their domain of common use
> where they make sense to the people that use them.
>

I see. Googling "Win2k3" indeed leads to many hits which refer to
Windows 2003.

I am not into any server thingy, be it Windows or Linux. So I do
not have the domain knowledge. Thanks for the explanations.


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