1XCONSORTIUM(7)         Miscellaneous Information Manual         XCONSORTIUM(7)
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NAME

6       XConsortium - X Consortium information
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SYNOPSIS

9       Releases  6.0  through 6.3 of X Version 11 were brought to you by the X
10       Consortium, Inc.
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DESCRIPTION

13       The X Consortium was an independent, not-for-profit Delaware membership
14       corporation.   It was formed in 1993 as the successor to the MIT X Con‐
15       sortium.  The purpose of the X Consortium was to  foster  the  develop‐
16       ment,  evolution,  and maintenance of the X Window System, a comprehen‐
17       sive set of vendor-neutral, system-architecture neutral, network-trans‐
18       parent windowing and user interface standards.
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20       The  X  Window System was created in the mid-1980s at the Massachusetts
21       Institute of Technology.  In 1988, MIT formed a  member-funded  consor‐
22       tium  to  provide the technical and administrative leadership necessary
23       to support further development of the X Window System.   In  1992,  MIT
24       and  the  membership decided it was in their best interests to move the
25       consortium out of MIT and create an independent, stand-alone  organiza‐
26       tion.  All rights to the X Window System were assigned by MIT to X Con‐
27       sortium, Inc. on January 1, 1994.  X Consortium, Inc. closed its  doors
28       on  December  31,  1996.   All  rights to the X Window System have been
29       assigned to the Open Software Foundation.
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31       The X Consortium was  financially  self-supporting  through  membership
32       fees.   There  are  no license fees associated with the use of X Window
33       System standards and code developed by the X Consortium.  Membership in
34       the X Consortium was open to any organization willing to execute a mem‐
35       bership agreement.
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37       The X Consortium was a highly participative body.  Members were encour‐
38       aged  to  actively  cooperate  with  the staff and other members in the
39       design and review of proposed specifications, and in the design, coding
40       and testing of sample implementations of those specifications.
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42       The  X  Consortium  accomplished most of its work using electronic mail
43       over the Internet, with individual mailing lists  for  working  groups.
44       Internet  electronic  mail connectivity was viewed as a requirement for
45       useful participation in X Consortium activities.  Meetings were held as
46       necessary,  often  in  conjunction  with industry conferences and trade
47       shows.
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STAFF

50       President:
51       Bob Scheifler
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53       Office Manager:
54       Janet O'Halloran
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56       Director of Marketing:
57       Paul Lavallee
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59       Director of Engineering:
60       Jim Fournier
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62       Manager, X Window System:
63       Matt Landau, emeritus
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65       Technical Director, X Window System:
66       Ralph Swick
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68       Technical Staff, X Window System:
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70       Donna Converse, emeritus
71       Stephen Gildea, emeritus
72       Kaleb Keithley
73       Arnaud Le Hors
74       Ralph Mor, emeritus
75       Ray Tice
76       Dave Wiggins, emeritus
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78       Managers, CDE Development:
79       Giora Guth
80       Peter Bohnert, emeritus
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82       Manager, CDE Quality Engineering:
83       David Brooks
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85       CDE Architects:
86       Kevin Samborn
87       Daniel Dardailler, emeritus
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89       Technical Staff, CDE Development:
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91       Art Barstow
92       Pascale Dardailler
93       David Kaelbling
94       Mitch Greess
95       Robert Seacord
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97       Technical Staff, CDE Quality Engineering:
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99       Chris Burleson
100       Tom Cavin
101       Sami Mohammed
102       Mark Schuldenfrei
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104       Manager, Systems Administration:
105       Kevin Ethier
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107       Technical Staff, Systems Administration:
108       Mike Donati
109       Amy Rich, emeritus
110       Anne Salemme
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

114       The X Consortium's activities and affairs were managed under the direc‐
115       tion  and  oversight  of  a Board of Directors, elected annually by the
116       Members.  The Board was responsible for reviewing the  achievements  of
117       the  Consortium,  approving  planned  work,  appointing a President and
118       other officers of the Consortium, and  setting  membership  dues.   The
119       last Directors were:
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121       Robert W. Scheifler, President, X Consortium
122       Dr. Forest Baskett, Senior VP of R&D, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
123       Harold D. Blair, Apogee International Corp.
124       Roger S. Gourd, Gourd & Associates
125       Dr. Robin Hillyard, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer, Novasoft Systems
126       Don McGovern, General Operations Manager and Executive Dir., Hewlett Packard
127       Peter J. Shaw, Senior VP, NetManage
128       Michael Tobias, President, Tech-Source, Inc.
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ADDRESS

132       To  reach  the  X Consortium public Wide World Web server, use the URL:
133       http://www.x.org/
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135       To reach the X Consortium public ftp machine,  use  anonymous  ftp  to:
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FULL MEMBERS

140       Adobe Systems Inc.
141       Cray Research, Inc.
142       Digital Equipment Corp.
143       Fujitsu Limited
144       Hewlett-Packard Company
145       Hitachi Ltd.
146       IBM Corporation
147       Megatek Corp.
148       Motorola, Inc.
149       NEC Corporation
150       Novell, Inc.
151       Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
152       OMRON Corporation
153       SCO, Inc.
154       Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
155       Silicon Graphics, Inc.
156       Sony Corporation
157       Sun Microsystems, Inc.
158       Tektronix, Inc.
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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

162       Boundless Technologies
163       Hummingbird Communications Ltd.
164       Insignia Solutions, Ltd.
165       Mercury Interactive Corp.
166       NetManage, Inc.
167       Network Computing Devices
168       VisiCom Laboratories, Inc.
169       Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc.
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END USERS

173       Hughes Aircraft Company
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AFFILIATE MEMBERS

177       ASTEC, Inc.
178       BARCO Chromatics, Inc.
179       CenterLine Software, Inc.
180       CliniComp, Intl.
181       Component Integration Laboratories, Inc.
182       Draper Laboratory.
183       Electronic Book Technologies, Inc.
184       Gallium Software, Inc.
185       Georgia Institute of Technology
186       Human Designed Systems, Inc.
187       INRIA - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
188       Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
189       Investment Management Services, Inc.
190       Jupiter Systems
191       KL Group Inc.
192       Massachusetts Institute of Technology
193       Metheus Corporation
194       Metro Link, Inc.
195       Object Management Group, Inc.
196       Open Software Foundation
197       Performance Awareness Corp.
198       Peritek Corp.
199       Petrotechnical Open Software Corp.
200       Point Technologies, Inc.
201       Shiman Associates, Inc.
202       Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
203       Software Development Corp.
204       SOUM Corporation
205       Spectragraphics Corp.
206       Tech-Source, Inc.
207       TriTeal Corp.
208       White Pine Software, Inc.
209       World Wide Web Consortium.
210       The XFree86 Project, Inc.
211       X Inside, Inc.
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