Network extensible Window System

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Network extensible Window System

   (NeWS) An elegant {PostScript}-based windowing environment,
   invented by James Gosling, the author of {GOSMACS}.

   NeWS would almost certainly have won the {standards} war with
   the {X Window System} if it hadn't been {proprietary} to {Sun
   Microsystems}.  There is a lesson here that too many software
   vendors haven't yet heeded.  Communication is based on
   {PostScript} and server functions can be extended.

   See also {HyperNeWS}, {OpenWindows}.

   (1994-12-12)