I find that non-language-obsessives split to the extremes; some think that it "speaking x" means speaking as well as you speak in your native language, which is impossible without years of immersion.

There is no acceleration in the y direction, only in x direction when it starts moving, and that's why we split it.

According to Mark Stephens, who writes under the byline Robert X. Cringely, the cost — and the spoils — were split as follows.