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NAME
XConsortium - X Consortium information
SYNOPSIS
Release 6.3 of X Version 11 was brought to you by X
Consortium, Inc.
DESCRIPTION
The X Consortium was an independent, not-for-profit Delaware
membership corporation. It was formed in 1993 as the
successor to the MIT X Consortium. The purpose of the X
Consortium was 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 consortium 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 organization. All rights to the X Window System were
assigned by MIT to X Consortium, Inc. on January 1, 1994. X
Consortium, Inc. closed its doors on December 31, 1996. All
rights to the X Window System have been assigned to the Open
Software Foundation.
The X Consortium was 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 was open
to any organization willing to execute a membership
agreement.
The X Consortium was a highly participative body. Members
were encouraged 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 accomplished most of its work using
electronic mail over the Internet, with individual mailing
lists for working groups. Internet electronic mail
connectivity was viewed as a requirement for useful
participation in X Consortium activities. Meetings were
held as necessary, often in conjunction with industry
conferences and trade shows.
STAFF
President:
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Bob Scheifler
Office Manager:
Janet O'Halloran
Director of Marketing:
Paul Lavallee
Director of Engineering:
Jim Fournier
Manager, X Window System:
Matt Landau, emeritus
Technical Director, X Window System:
Ralph Swick
Technical Staff, X Window System:
Donna Converse, emeritus
Stephen Gildea, emeritus
Kaleb Keithley
Arnaud Le Hors
Ralph Mor, emeritus
Ray Tice
Dave Wiggins, emeritus
Managers, CDE Development:
Giora Guth
Peter Bohnert, emeritus
Manager, CDE Quality Engineering:
David Brooks
CDE Architects:
Kevin Samborn
Daniel Dardailler, emeritus
Technical Staff, CDE Development:
Art Barstow
Pascale Dardailler
David Kaelbling
Mitch Greess
Robert Seacord
Technical Staff, CDE Quality Engineering:
Chris Burleson
Tom Cavin
Sami Mohammed
Mark Schuldenfrei
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Manager, Systems Administration:
Kevin Ethier
Technical Staff, Systems Administration:
Mike Donati
Amy Rich, emeritus
Anne Salemme
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The X Consortium's activities and affairs were managed under
the direction and oversight of a Board of Directors, elected
annually by the Members. The Board was 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 last
Directors were:
Robert W. Scheifler, President, X Consortium
Dr. Forest Baskett, Senior VP of R&D, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
Harold D. Blair, Apogee International Corp.
Roger S. Gourd, Gourd & Associates
Dr. Robin Hillyard, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer, Novasoft Systems
Don McGovern, General Operations Manager and Executive Dir., Hewlett Packard
Peter J. Shaw, Senior VP, NetManage
Michael Tobias, President, Tech-Source, Inc.
ADDRESS
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.
Cray Research, Inc.
Digital Equipment Corp.
Fujitsu Limited
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hitachi Ltd.
IBM Corporation
Megatek Corp.
Motorola, Inc.
NEC Corporation
Novell, Inc.
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
OMRON Corporation
SCO, Inc.
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
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Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Sony Corporation
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Tektronix, Inc.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Boundless Technologies
Hummingbird Communications Ltd.
Insignia Solutions, Ltd.
Mercury Interactive Corp.
NetManage, Inc.
Network Computing Devices
VisiCom Laboratories, Inc.
Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc.
END USERS
Hughes Aircraft Company
AFFILIATE MEMBERS
ASTEC, Inc.
BARCO Chromatics, Inc.
CenterLine Software, Inc.
CliniComp, Intl.
Component Integration Laboratories, Inc.
Draper Laboratory.
Electronic Book Technologies, Inc.
Gallium Software, Inc.
Georgia Institiute of Technology
Human Designed Systems, Inc.
INRIA - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
Investment Management Services, Inc.
Jupiter Systems
KL Group Inc.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Metheus Corporation
Metro Link, Inc.
Object Management Group, Inc.
Open Software Foundation
Performance Awareness Corp.
Peritek Corp.
Petrotechnical Open Software Corp.
Point Technologies, Inc.
Shiman Associates, Inc.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Software Development Corp.
SOUM Corporation
Spectragraphics Corp.
Tech-Source, Inc.
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TriTeal Corp.
White Pine Software, Inc.
World Wide Web Consortium.
The XFree86 Project, Inc.
X Inside, Inc.
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