


XCONSORTIUM(1)                                                 XCONSORTIUM(1)



NAME
  MIT X Consortium - MIT X Consortium information

SYNOPSIS
  Release 5 of X Version 11 is brought to you by the MIT X Consortium.

DESCRIPTION
  X Window System research began in the summer of 1984 at MIT as an informal
  joint undertaking between the Laboratory for Computer Science and Project
  Athena.  Since that time, researchers and engineers at numerous other
  universities and companies have been involved in the design and implementa-
  tion.

  The MIT X Consortium was formed in January of 1988 to further the develop-
  ment of the X Window System.  It is part of the Laboratory for Computer
  Science at MIT, and has as its major goal the promotion of cooperation
  within the computer industry in the creation of standard software inter-
  faces at all layers in the X Window System environment.  MIT's role is to
  provide the vendor-neutral architectural and administrative leadership
  required to make this work.  The Consortium is financially self-supporting,
  with membership open to any organization.  There are two categories of
  membership, Member (for large organizations) and Affiliate (for smaller
  organizations).  A list of members as of the release of X11R5 is given
  below.

  The Director of the X Consortium acts as the ultimate architect for all X
  specifications and software.  The activities of the Consortium are overseen
  by an MIT Steering Committee, which helps set policy and provides strategic
  guidance and review of the Consortium's activities.  An Advisory Committee
  made up of member representatives meets regularly to review the
  Consortium's plans, assess its progress, and suggest future directions.

  Most of the Consortium's activities take place via electronic mail, with
  meetings when required.  As designs and specifications take shape, interest
  groups are formed from experts in the participating organizations.  Typi-
  cally a small multi-organization architecture team leads the design, with
  others acting as close observers and reviewers.  Once a complete specifica-
  tion is produced, it may be submitted for formal technical review by the
  Consortium as a proposed standard.  The standards process includes public
  review (outside the Consortium) and a demonstration of proof of concept,
  typically established with a public, portable implementation of the specif-
  ication, (although other methods are possible on a case by case basis).

  The MIT staff of the Consortium also maintains a software and documentation
  collection, containing both Consortium-developed and user-contributed
  materials, and endeavors to make periodic distributions of this collection
  available to the public without license and for a minimal fee.  X11R5 is
  the fifth such distribution.  The Consortium also sponsors an annual
  conference, open to the public, to promote the exchange of technical infor-
  mation about X.



STAFF
  The Director of the X Consortium is Bob Scheifler, rws@expo.lcs.mit.edu.
  The staff of the X Consortium are all full-time research staff employed by
  the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science.  The staff members are as follows.

  Donna Converse, converse@expo.lcs.mit.edu
  Stephen Gildea, gildea@expo.lcs.mit.edu
  Susan Hardy, sh@expo.lcs.mit.edu
  Jay Hersh, hersh@expo.lcs.mit.edu
  Keith Packard, keith@expo.lcs.mit.edu
  Dave Sternlicht, dave@expo.lcs.mit.edu

  Ralph Swick, an employee of Digital Equipment Corporation working at MIT
  Project Athena, also worked directly with the Consortium staff on this
  release.  Former MIT staff members Jim Fulton and Chris Peterson contri-
  buted to the early development of the release.


POSTAL ADDRESS
  The MIT X Consortium can be reached by writing to

  Bob Scheifler
  MIT X Consortium
  Laboratory for Computer Science
  545 Technology Square
  Cambridge, MA 02139

MEMBERS

  Apple Computer, Inc.
  Bull S.A.
  Control Data Corporation
  Convex Computer Corporation
  Cray Research, Inc.
  Data General Corporation
  Digital Equipment Corp.
  E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Inc.
  Eastman Kodak Company
  Evans & Sutherland
  Fujitsu Limited
  Hewlett-Packard Company
  Hitachi Ltd.
  Hughes Aircraft Company
  IBM Corporation
  Intergraph Corp.
  Kubota Corp.
  Matsushita Electric Industrical Co., Ltd.
  MIPS Computer Systems
  Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
  Motorola, Inc.
  NCR Corporation
  NEC Corporation
  Network Computing Devices
  Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
  Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
  Olivetti Systems & Networks
  OMRON Corporation
  Prime Computer, Inc.
  The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
  Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
  Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
  Silicon Graphics, Inc.
  Sony Corporation
  Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  Tandberg Data A/S
  Tektronix, Inc.
  Texas Instruments, Inc.
  Unisys Corporation
  Unix Systems Laboratories/American Telephone & Telegraph Company
  Xerox Corporation


AFFILIATES

  Adobe Systems Inc.
  AGE Logic, Inc.
  ASTEC, Inc.
  Athenix Corporation
  Bitstream, Inc.
  CETIA - Compagnie Europeene des Techniques de l'Ingenierie Assistee
  Chromatics, Inc.
  Codonics, Inc.
  Computer & Communication Research Laboratories
  Frame Technology Corp.
  Gfxbase, Inc.
  GIPSI S.A.
  HaL Computer Systems, Inc.
  Institute for Information Industry
  Interactive Systems Corporation
  Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
  IXI Limited
  Japan Computer Corporation
  Jupiter Systems
  KAIST - Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  Labtam Australia
  Locus Computing Corporation
  Metro Link, Inc.
  University of Lowell
  Megatek Corporation
  Metheus Corporation
  MITRE Corporation
  Objectivity, Inc.
  Open Software Foundation
  O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
  PCS Computer Systeme GmbH
  Peritek Corp.
  PsiTech, Inc.
  Quarterdeck Office Systems
  Ramtek Corporation
  Samsung Electronics Corp.
  ShoGraphics, Inc.
  Snitily Graphics Consulting Services
  Solbourne Computer, Inc.
  SOUM Corporation
  SPARC International
  Spectragraphics Corp.
  Stanford University
  Stardent Computer
  Strategic Research Institute Inc.
  Sumitomo Electric Workstation
  Tatung Science and Technology
  Template Graphics Software
  Tyan Computer
  Unipalm XTech
  Visix Software, Inc.
  Visual Information Technologies, Inc.
  Visual Technology, Inc.
  X/Open Company Ltd.










