XORG(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual XORG(7)
NAME
X.Org, XProjectTeam - X.Org Group information
SYNOPSIS
Release 6.5 and 6.6 of X Version 11 was brought to you by The X.Org
Group. Release 6.4 of X Version 11 was brought to you by The X Project
Team.
DESCRIPTION
The Open Group's X Project Team was created as the successor to the X
Consortium, Inc., after the X Consortium ceased operations and trans-
ferred ownership of X11 to The Open Group. The X.Org Group (hereinafter
called "X.Org") was created as the successor to The X Project Team after
the The Open Group ceased operating The X Project Team. The purpose of
X.Org was to foster development, evolution, and maintenance of the X
Window System. X.Org operates under the corporate umbrella of The Open
Group.
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 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 sup-
port 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. On December 31, 1996 the X Consortium, Inc. closed
its doors and all rights to the X Window System were assigned to The
Open Group.
ADDRESS
To reach The Open Group public World Wide Web server, use
http://www.opengroup.org/.
To reach The X.Org public World Wide Web server, use http://www.x.org/.
To reach The X.Org public ftp machine, use anonymous ftp at
ftp://ftp.x.org/
FULL MEMBERS
Attachmate
Barco
Compaq
Hewlett-Packard
Hummingbird
IBM
ICS
Metro Link
MITRE
Shiman Associates
Silicon Graphics Incorporated
Starnet Communications
Sun Microsystems
The XFree86 Project
US Navy
WRQ
Xi Graphics
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