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SYNOPSIS
Release 6 of X Version 11 is brought to you by X Consortium, Inc.
DESCRIPTION
The X Consortium is an independent, not-for-profit Delaware membership
corporation. It was formed in 1993 as the successor to the MIT X Con‐
sortium. The purpose of the X Consortium is to foster the development,
evolution, and maintenance of the X Window System, a comprehensive set
of vendor-neutral, system-architecture neutral, network-transparent
windowing and user interface standards.
The X Window System was created in the mid-1980s at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. In 1988, MIT formed a member-funded consor‐
tium to provide the technical and administrative leadership necessary
to support further development of the X Window System. In 1992, MIT
and the membership decided it was in their best interests to move the
consortium out of MIT and create an independent, stand-alone organiza‐
tion. All rights to the X Window System were assigned by MIT to X Con‐
sortium, Inc. on January 1, 1994.
The X Consortium is financially self-supporting through membership
fees. There are no license fees associated with the use of X Window
System standards and code developed by the X Consortium. Membership in
the X Consortium is open to any organization willing to execute a mem‐
bership agreement.
The X Consortium is a highly participative body. Members are encour‐
aged to actively cooperate with the staff and other members in the
design and review of proposed specifications, and in the design, coding
and testing of sample implementations of those specifications.
The X Consortium accomplishes most of its work using electronic mail
over the Internet, with individual mailing lists for working groups.
Internet electronic mail connectivity should be viewed as a requirement
for useful participation in X Consortium activities. Meetings are held
as necessary, often in conjunction with industry conferences and trade
shows.
STAFF
President:
Bob Scheifler, rws@x.org, phone: (617) 374-1010
Office Manager:
Janet O'Halloran, joh@x.org, phone: (617) 374-1011
Technical Director, Integration Technology:
Ralph Swick, swick@x.org
Technical Director, Application Toolkits:
Matt Landau, matt@x.org
Technical Staff:
Donna Converse, converse@x.org
Stephen Gildea, gildea@x.org
Jay Hersh, hersh@x.org
Kaleb Keithley, kaleb@x.org
Ralph Mor, mor@x.org
Dave Wiggins, dpw@x.org
SysAdmin:
Gary Cutbill, rgary@x.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The X Consortium's activities and affairs are managed under the direc‐
tion and oversight of a Board of Directors, elected annually by the
Members. The Board is responsible for reviewing the achievements of
the Consortium, approving planned work, appointing a President and
other officers of the Consortium, and setting membership dues. The
current Directors are:
Robert W. Scheifler, President, X Consortium
Dr. Forest Baskett, Senior VP of R&D, Silicon Graphics Computer
Systems
Harold D. Blair, Partner, Partnerwerks
Roger S. Gourd, VP and Chief of Staff, Open Software Foundation
David Harris, Director, Adobe Systems [ex officio as Chairman,
X Industry Association]
Dr. Robin Hillyard, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer,
Novasoft Systems
Dr. Chong Lee, President and CEO, Phase X Systems, Inc.
Don McGovern, Vice President - UNIX Systems Group, Novell, Inc.
Therese E. Myers, President and CEO, Quarterdeck Office Systems
Peter J. Shaw, President and CEO, AGE Logic, Inc.
Dan N. Turner, President and CEO, Petrotechnical Open
Software Corporation
ADDRESS
The X Consortium can be reached at:
X Consortium
One Memorial Drive
Cambridge MA 02142-1301
Tel: (617) 374-1000
Fax: (617) 374-1025
membership@x.org
To reach the X Consortium public Wide World Web server, use the URL:
http://www.x.org/
To reach the X Consortium public ftp machine, use anonymous ftp to:
ftp.x.org
FULL MEMBERS
Adobe Systems Inc.
Apple Computer, Inc.
Cray Research, Inc.
Digital Equipment Corp.
Fujitsu Limited
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hitachi Ltd.
Hughes Aircraft Company
IBM Corporation
Kubota Corp.
Megatek Corp.
Motorola, Inc.
NCR Corporation (representing ADDS/NCR/AT&T)
NEC Corporation
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
OMRON Corporation
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Sony Corporation
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Tektronix, Inc.
Unix Systems Laboratories (includes Novell)
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
CETIA - Compagnie Europeene des Techniques de l'Ingenierie Assistee
Network Computing Devices
Quarterdeck Office Systems
Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc.
AFFILIATE MEMBERS
AGE Logic, Inc.
ASTEC, Inc.
ATR
BARCO Chromatics, Inc.
Congruent Corp.
Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems, Inc.
Gallium Software, Inc.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Human Designed Systems, Inc.
Hummingbird Communications Ltd.
Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
Investment Management Services, Inc.
IXI Limited
Japan Computer Corporation
Jupiter Systems
KAIST - Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Labtam Australia
Locus Computing Corporation
Mercury Interactive Corp.
Metheus Corporation
Metro Link, Inc.
M3i Systems, Inc.
Object Management Group, Inc.
Open Software Foundation
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
ParcPlace Systems
Performance Awareness Corp.
Peritek Corp.
Petrotechnical Open Software Corp.
Phase X Systems, Inc.
SOUM Corporation
Tatung Science and Technology
Tech-Source, Inc.
User Interface Technologies Ltd.
Veritas Software, Inc.
VisiCom Laboratories, Inc.
VisionWare Ltd.
Visix Software, Inc.
Visual Information Technologies, Inc.
White Pine Software, Inc.
The XFree86 Project, Inc.
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