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239 lines
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.\" $TOG: Consortium.cpp /main/71 1997/10/13 14:55:16 kaleb $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993, 1994, 1996 X Consortium
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.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
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.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
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.\" to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
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.\" the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
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.\" and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
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.\" Software furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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.\" all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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.\" FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
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.\" THE X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
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.\" WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
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.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
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.\" SOFTWARE.
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.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not
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.\" be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
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.\" dealing in this Software without prior written authorization from the
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.\" X Consortium.
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.\"
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.\" $XFree86$
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.\"
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.TH XCONSORTIUM __miscmansuffix__ __xorgversion__
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.SH NAME
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XConsortium \- X Consortium information
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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Release 6.3 of X Version 11 was brought to you by X Consortium, Inc.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The X Consortium was an independent, not-for-profit Delaware membership
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corporation. It was formed in 1993 as the successor to the MIT X Consortium.
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The purpose of the X Consortium was to foster the development, evolution, and
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maintenance of the X Window System, a comprehensive set of vendor-neutral,
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system-architecture neutral, network-transparent windowing and user interface
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standards.
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.PP
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The X Window System was created in the mid-1980s at the Massachusetts
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Institute of Technology. In 1988, MIT formed a member-funded consortium to
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provide the technical and administrative leadership necessary to support
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further development of the X Window System. In 1992, MIT and the membership
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decided it was in their best interests to move the consortium out of MIT and
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create an independent, stand-alone organization. All rights to the
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X Window System were assigned by MIT to X Consortium, Inc. on January 1, 1994.
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X Consortium, Inc. closed its doors on December 31, 1996. All rights to the
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X Window System have been assigned to the Open Software Foundation.
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.PP
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The X Consortium was financially self-supporting through membership fees.
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There are no license fees associated with the use of X Window System standards
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and code developed by the X Consortium. Membership in the X Consortium was
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open to any organization willing to execute a membership agreement.
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.PP
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The X Consortium was a highly participative body. Members were encouraged to
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actively cooperate with the staff and other members in the design and review
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of proposed specifications, and in the design, coding and testing of sample
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implementations of those specifications.
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.PP
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The X Consortium accomplished most of its work using electronic mail over the
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Internet, with individual mailing lists for working groups. Internet
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electronic mail connectivity was viewed as a requirement for useful
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participation in X Consortium activities. Meetings were held as necessary,
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often in conjunction with industry conferences and trade shows.
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.SH STAFF
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.nf
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President:
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Bob Scheifler
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Office Manager:
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Janet O'Halloran
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Director of Marketing:
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Paul Lavallee
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Director of Engineering:
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Jim Fournier
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Manager, X Window System:
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Matt Landau, emeritus
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Technical Director, X Window System:
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Ralph Swick
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Technical Staff, X Window System:
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Donna Converse, emeritus
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Stephen Gildea, emeritus
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Kaleb Keithley
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Arnaud Le Hors
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Ralph Mor, emeritus
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Ray Tice
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Dave Wiggins, emeritus
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Managers, CDE Development:
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Giora Guth
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Peter Bohnert, emeritus
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Manager, CDE Quality Engineering:
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David Brooks
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CDE Architects:
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Kevin Samborn
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Daniel Dardailler, emeritus
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Technical Staff, CDE Development:
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Art Barstow
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Pascale Dardailler
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David Kaelbling
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Mitch Greess
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Robert Seacord
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Technical Staff, CDE Quality Engineering:
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Chris Burleson
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Tom Cavin
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Sami Mohammed
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Mark Schuldenfrei
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Manager, Systems Administration:
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Kevin Ethier
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Technical Staff, Systems Administration:
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Mike Donati
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Amy Rich, emeritus
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Anne Salemme
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.SH "BOARD OF DIRECTORS"
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The X Consortium's activities and affairs were managed under the direction and
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oversight of a Board of Directors, elected annually by the Members. The Board
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was responsible for reviewing the achievements of the Consortium, approving
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planned work, appointing a President and other officers of the Consortium, and
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setting membership dues. The last Directors were:
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.nf
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Robert W. Scheifler, President, X Consortium
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Dr. Forest Baskett, Senior VP of R&D, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
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Harold D. Blair, Apogee International Corp.
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Roger S. Gourd, Gourd & Associates
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Dr. Robin Hillyard, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer, Novasoft Systems
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Don McGovern, General Operations Manager and Executive Dir., Hewlett Packard
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Peter J. Shaw, Senior VP, NetManage
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Michael Tobias, President, Tech-Source, Inc.
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.SH "ADDRESS"
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To reach the X Consortium public Wide World Web server, use the URL:
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http://www.x.org/
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.PP
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To reach the X Consortium public ftp machine, use anonymous ftp to:
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ftp.x.org
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.SH "FULL MEMBERS"
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.nf
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Adobe Systems Inc.
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Cray Research, Inc.
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Digital Equipment Corp.
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Fujitsu Limited
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Hewlett-Packard Company
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Hitachi Ltd.
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IBM Corporation
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Megatek Corp.
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Motorola, Inc.
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NEC Corporation
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Novell, Inc.
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Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
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OMRON Corporation
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SCO, Inc.
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Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
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Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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Sony Corporation
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Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Tektronix, Inc.
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.SH "ASSOCIATE MEMBERS"
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.nf
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Boundless Technologies
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Hummingbird Communications Ltd.
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Insignia Solutions, Ltd.
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Mercury Interactive Corp.
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NetManage, Inc.
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Network Computing Devices
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VisiCom Laboratories, Inc.
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Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc.
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.SH "END USERS"
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Hughes Aircraft Company
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.SH "AFFILIATE MEMBERS"
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ASTEC, Inc.
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BARCO Chromatics, Inc.
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CenterLine Software, Inc.
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CliniComp, Intl.
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Component Integration Laboratories, Inc.
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Draper Laboratory.
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Electronic Book Technologies, Inc.
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Gallium Software, Inc.
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Georgia Institiute of Technology
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Human Designed Systems, Inc.
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INRIA \- Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
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Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
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Investment Management Services, Inc.
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Jupiter Systems
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KL Group Inc.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Metheus Corporation
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Metro Link, Inc.
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Object Management Group, Inc.
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Open Software Foundation
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Performance Awareness Corp.
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Peritek Corp.
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Petrotechnical Open Software Corp.
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Point Technologies, Inc.
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Shiman Associates, Inc.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
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Software Development Corp.
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SOUM Corporation
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Spectragraphics Corp.
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Tech-Source, Inc.
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TriTeal Corp.
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White Pine Software, Inc.
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World Wide Web Consortium.
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The XFree86 Project, Inc.
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X Inside, Inc.
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