[Air-l] login/logon

[Alan Sondheim]

Have always heard login - I'd definitely stay with this. logon seems to 
reference a console or mainframe; it also has a broader vowel sound which 
makes it a bit awkward. - Alan


On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Barry Wellman wrote:

> Which is the preferred usage: "login" or "logon". For my paper writing,
> I'd like to standardize on one.
>
> Google shows:
> "login": 218   Million hits
> "logon":   6.7 Million hits
>
> so there is a 30:1 preference for login vs. logon.
> But I'd love to hear some more debate.
>
> Barry
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