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  Con-
       sortium.   The  purpose  of the X Consortium was to foster the develop-
       ment, evolution, and maintenance of the X Window System,  a  comprehen-
       sive set of vendor-neutral, system-architecture neutral, network-trans-
       parent 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.  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 mem-
       bership agreement.

       The X Consortium was a highly participative body.  Members were 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 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:
       Bob Scheifler

       Office Manager:
       Janet O'Halloran

       Director of Marketing:
       Paul Lavallee

       Director of Engineering:
       Jim Fournier
       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

       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 direc-
       tion 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
       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.

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



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