Greece - X11 designed and built

• Small design team (about 6), from MIT, Digital, Sun

  • "Sample" server implementation built by Digital
  • Open review of specification and implementation (3 or more alpha/beta releases in 8 months)
  • About 120 participants

• We learned one lesson disastrously wrong!

  • Internet Congestion Collapse - the Internet stopped working!
  • Federal Express and 3 am rdists
  • It should have taught us HOW important the Internet really was!

• Dilemma: How to ensure X's future development?

  • After X11R1 shipped...