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Software Patents - Graphic Windows

1982-06-12   The Blit: Merging Bitmap Graphics & Unix  More

1983-06-01   Project Athena: IBM-Digital pact at MIT - See document
1983-07-15   Usenix review  More
1983-08-13   Blit solution to windows
1983-08-20   Super 80x24 Display Screen Design
1983-09-28   User-friendly?
1983-10-14   Project Athena Opportunities - See document
1983-12-11   Review of Kernighan and Pike's New Book

1984-01-19   Mice, Pointing, Cursors and the Universe
1984-02-03   Blits and terminal paging
1984-02-17   Wiring MIT for Computers - See document
1984-03-22   Terminal output: parity, 7 vs. 8 bits, etc.
1984-03-30   Graphics Interface '84
1984-05-04   New Site - mit-athena - See document
1984-05-14   Manager of Systems Operation, Project Athena, MIT - See document
1984-06-08   Programmer Wanted for MIT ATHENA Faculty Project - See document
1984-06-10   Trivia quiz  More
1984-10-23   MIT Project Athena Technical Writer - See document
1984-11-06   Computer Graphics Under UNIX Workshop

1985-02-12   Setting TERM on System Vr2 - See document
1985-02-27   The Blit: Merging bit-map graphics and UNIX
1985-04-12   Job openings at MIT - Systems Programmers - See document
1985-06-24   Opening for Technical Writer at MIT's Project Athena - See document
1985-09-23   Information on X window system - See document
1985-10-24   Denver Window Environments Workshop, Tentative Agenda - See document
1985-10-23   V window system - See document
1985-12-11   X Window System Release 2, Version 10  - See document

1986-02-13   Computing power at student's fingertips could revolutionise technology - See document
1986-02-14   X Window System Release 3, Version 10 - See document
1986-02-15   X Window System Origins - See document
1986-04-12   Andrew and X - See document
1986-11-06   Every undergraduate at MIT has been given access to computer power - See document
1986-12-02   X Window System Release 4, Version 10 - See document

1987-01-15   X Window System Conference - See document
1987-01-16   Nine firms endorse code for computer - See document
1987-06-30   Minutes of X11 3D Workshop - See document
1987-09-01   'X' marks the spot at MIT - See document
1987-09-15   X Window System, Version 11, Release 1 - See document

1988-01-13   X Conference Information - See document
1988-03-01   X Window System, Version 11, Release 2 - See document
1988-05-xx    Project Athena at MIT: An Overview - See document  More  [PDFs]
1988-07-11   Advanced Network For Bond University, Australia - See document
1988-10-27   X Window System, Version 11, Release 3 - See document
1988-11-14   X Primer: Closing The User Knowledge Gap - See document
1988-11-21   X Window System C Library and Protocol Reference book - See document

1989-01-01   The X Window System - See document
1989-01-24   X Technical Conference - See document
1989-03-20   X-Window's Long-term Future Looks Clear, Spots Remain To Be Polished - See document
1989-06-25   Xhibition '89 - See document  More  More
1989-10-30   Ins and outs of X Window - See document

1990-01-03   X Window System, Version 11, Release 4 - See document
1990-01-03   New Rival for Personal Computer - See document
1990-04-25   MIT's distributed network system - See document
1990-04-30   When A Step Forward Is Going Back To The Past - See document
1990-08-30   MIT's Athena Technology Is Transplanted To Two New Campuses - See document

1991-02-14   X conference summary - See document
1991-02-22   AT&T Claims patent on MIT's X11 server  More 
1991-02-26   Patent Action On Software By AT&T  More  More  More  More
1991-07-xx   AT&T Threatens Users of X Windows
1991-09-03   X Window System, Version 11, Release 5 - See document
1991-09-16   X11R5 Source and Executables for Intel 386 Users - See document
1991-09-26   X Consortium Announcement about AT&T Patent
1991-10-15   X11R5 final contrib software available -See document
1991-10-28   Athena didn't revolutionize MIT, but it's here to stay - See document
1991-11-18   Rob Pike gives talk at MIT and is picketed by programmers

1992-05-29   Call for Beta-Testers for X386 1.2E (X11R5, enhanced) - See document
1992-07-23   X386 1.2E 1.0 - See document
1992-09-03   X386 1.2E is changing its name to XFree86 - See document
1992-10-03   XFree86 1.1 - See document

1993-02-14   XFree86 1.2 - See document
1993-05-06   An Official XFree86 Position Statement - See document
1993-06-16   XFree86 1.3 - See document
1993-09-23   Preliminary information on XFree86 2.0 - See document
1993-10-31   XFree86 2.0 - See document

1994-01-18   If you have a commercial interest in the future of XFree86 - See document
1994-01-30   Announcing The XFree86 Project, Inc. - See document
1994-03-15   XFree86 2.1 - See document
1994-05-02   X Window System, Version 11, Release 6 - See document
1994-06-27   XFree86 beta releases - See document
1994-08-17   XFree86 3.1 progress report - See document
1994-10-03   XFree86 3.1 - See document
1994-11-16   The XFree86 Project, Inc has a new president - See document

1995-02-08   XFree86 3.1.1 - See document
1995-08-02   XFree86 3.1.2 - See document

1996-07-01   X Consortium to Transfer X Window System to The Open Group - See document
1996-10-30   XFree86 3.2 - See document

1997-06-06   XFree86 3.3 - See document

1998-03-05   XFree86 3.3.2 - See document
1998-04-07   The XFree86 Project announces position statement about X11R6.4 licensing - See document