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.TH XORG __miscmansuffix__ __xorgversion__
.SH NAME
X.Org, XProjectTeam \- X.Org Group information
.SH 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.
.SH 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
transferred 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.
.PP
The X Consortium was an independent, not-for-profit Delaware membership
corporation. It was formed in 1993 as the successor to the MIT X
Consortium.
.PP
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. 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.
.PP
.SH "ADDRESS"
To reach The Open Group public World Wide Web server, use
http://www.opengroup.org/.
.PP
To reach The X.Org public World Wide Web server, use
http://www.x.org/.
.PP
To reach The X.Org public ftp machine, use anonymous ftp at
ftp://ftp.x.org/
.SH "FULL MEMBERS"
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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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