XCONSORTIUM(1)

NAME
XConsortium - X Consortium information

SYNOPSIS
Release 6.1 of X Version 11 is brought to you by X Consortium, Inc.

DESCRIPTION
The X Consortium is 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 is 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 System were assigned by MIT to X Consortium, Inc. on January 1, 1994.

The X Consortium is 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 is open to any organization willing to execute a membership agreement.

The X Consortium is a highly participative body. Members are encouraged 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 accomplishes most of its work using electronic mail over the Internet, with individual mailing lists for working groups. Internet electronic mail connectivity should be viewed as a requirement for useful participation in X Consortium activities. Meetings are held as necessary, often in conjunction with industry conferences and trade shows.

STAFF
President:
Bob Scheifler, rws@x.org, phone: 617-374-1010
Office Manager:
Janet O'Halloran, joh@x.org, phone: 617-374-1011
Director of Marketing:
Paul Lavallee, pcl@x.org, phone: 617-374-1012
Director of Engineering:
Jim Fournier, jff@x.org
Manager, X Window System:
Matt Landau, matt@x.org
Technical Director, X Window System:
Ralph Swick, swick@x.org
Technical Staff, X Window System:
Donna Converse, converse@x.org
Stephen Gildea, gildea@x.org
Kaleb Keithley, kaleb@x.org
Ralph Mor, mor@x.org
Ray Tice, ray@x.org
Dave Wiggins, dpw@x.org
Mark Welch, mw@x.org
Managers, CDE Development:
Peter Bohnert, peter@x.org
Giora Guth, gguth@x.org
Manager, CDE Quality Engineering:
David Brooks, dbrooks@x.org
CDE Architects:
Daniel Dardailler, daniel@x.org
Kevin Samborn, samborn@x.org
Technical Staff, CDE Development:
Art Barstow, barstow@x.org
Pascale Dardailler, pascale@x.org
David Kaelbling, drk@x.org
Arnaud le Hors, lehors@x.org
Mitch Greess, mgreess@x.org
Robert Seacord, rcs@x.org
Technical Staff, CDE Quality Engineering:
Chris Burleson, burleson@x.org
Ting Hsu, ting@x,org
Sami Mohammed, sami@x.org
Mark Schuldenfrei, schuldy@x.org
Technical Staff, Systems Administration:
Amy Rich, arr@x.org
Anne Salemme, anne@x.org
Mike Donati, donati@x.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The X Consortium's activities and affairs are managed under the direction and oversight of a Board of Directors, elected annually by the Members. The Board is 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 current Directors are:
Robert W. Scheifler, President, X Consortium
Ray Anderson, Senior VP, IXI Limited
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
Therese E. Myers, Chief Executive Officer, Bouquet Multimedia
Peter J. Shaw, Senior VP, NetManage
Michael Tobias, President, Tech-Source, Inc.

ADDRESS
The X Consortium can be reached at:
X Consortium
201 Broadway
Cambridge MA 02139-1955
Tel: 617-374-1000
Fax: 617-374-1025
membership@x.org
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 anonymous ftp to:
ftp.x.org

FULL MEMBERS
Adobe Systems Inc.
AT&T Global Information Solutions
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
CETIA - Compagnie Europeene des Techniques de l'Ingenierie Assistee
Insignia Solutions, Ltd.
NetManage, Inc.
Network Computing Devices
Quarterdeck Corp.
SunRiver Data Systems
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.
Electronic Book Technologies, Inc.
Gallium Software, Inc.
Georgia Institiute of Technology
Human Designed Systems, Inc.
Hummingbird Communications Ltd.
INRIA - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
Investment Management Services, Inc.
Jupiter Systems
KL Group Inc.
Mercury Interactive Corp.
Metheus Corporation
Metro Link, Inc.
Object Management Group, Inc.
Open Software Foundation
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
Performance Awareness Corp.
Peritek Corp.
Petrotechnical Open Software Corp.
Shiman Associates, Inc.
SOUM Corporation
Spectragraphics Corp.
Tatung Science and Technology
Tech-Source, Inc.
VisiCom Laboratories, Inc.
Visual Information Technologies, Inc.
White Pine Software, Inc.
The XFree86 Project, Inc.
X Inside, Inc.