Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!batcomputer!lrj From: lrj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Lewis R. Jansen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Help: definitions and terminology Message-ID: <776@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 09:45:53 EST Article-I.D.: batcompu.776 Posted: Wed Apr 22 09:45:53 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Apr-87 23:43:43 EST References: <1699@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Reply-To: lrj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu.UUCP (Lewis R. Jansen) Organization: Lab of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University Lines: 23 In article <1699@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes: >In article cb29#@andrew.cmu.edu (Chad Kavanaugh Bisk) writes: >>X (or X Windows) >>SunNews > > X or the X Window System is a windowing system created out of Project > Athena at MIT. NeWS (New Window System) is a windowing system created > by Sun Microsystems. They are contending for the "standard" window > system on workstations. Both require Berkeley style unix. This is picking nits, but the guy DID ask for definitions... NeWS is an acronym for Network Extensible Window System, and does not have the name Sun prepended to it. It was originally called SunDew (or something like that), but the name was changed to remove any reference to Sun, as they'd love to do with NeWS what they've done with NFS (Network File System). :^) -- -- Lewis R. Jansen, LASSP Systems Grunt lrj@lasspvax.tn.cornell.edu ...!cornell!lasspvax!lrj The above opinions are for sale or rent. Inquire within.