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NAME
       XConsortium - X Consortium information

SYNOPSIS
       Release	6.3  of X Version 11 was brought to you by X Con-
       sortium, 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 Sys-
       tem 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 devel-
       oped by the X Consortium.  Membership in the X  Consortium
       was  open to any organization willing to execute a member-
       ship 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  speci-
       fications, and in the design, coding and testing of sample
       implementations of those specifications.

       The X Consortium accomplished most of its work using elec-
       tronic  mail  over  the	Internet, with individual mailing
       lists for working groups.  Internet electronic  mail  con-
       nectivity  was viewed as a requirement for useful partici-
       pation in X Consortium activities.  Meetings were held  as
       necessary,  often in conjunction with industry conferences
       and trade shows.

STAFF
       President:
       Bob Scheifler

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       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

       Manager, Systems Administration:
       Kevin Ethier

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       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	responsi-
       ble  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 anony-
       mous 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
       Silicon Graphics, Inc.
       Sony Corporation
       Sun Microsystems, Inc.
       Tektronix, Inc.

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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.
       TriTeal Corp.
       White Pine Software, Inc.
       World Wide Web Consortium.
       The XFree86 Project, Inc.
       X Inside, Inc.

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