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by sliverstorm 3819 days ago
Even if they aren't closely tied to the X software package anymore, they are literally called "the X.Org Foundation". Why wouldn't they want to hang on to x.org?
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The X.Org Foundation was formed for stewardship of X, the window system and its canonical implementation.

Since X is now deprecated tech (the foundation itself even states that Wayland is the future), a name change is perhaps in order.

At least according to Keith, I don't think X.org officially holds that stance.
I've seen posts by "X.Org Foundation" on their official Google+ page to the effect that Wayland is the display server of the future and efforts should be focused to target it.
I quite like the sound of xorg.org. Or perhaps they could rent x.org.org off the chap who currently owns org.org.
X.Org.info, the perfect place to find info about a project called X.Org.
Hell, even if they called themselves something completely different... that'd still be a valuable asset.