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Preface to Version 1.1

David Rosenthal had overall architectural responsibility for the conventions defined in this document; he wrote most of the text and edited the document, but its development has been a communal effort. The details were thrashed out in meetings at the January 1988 MIT X Conference and at the 1988 Summer Usenix conference, and through months (and megabytes) of argument on the wmtalk mail alias. Thanks are due to everyone who contributed, and especially to the following people.

For the Selection section:

Jerry Farrell
Phil Karlton
Loretta Guarino Reid
Mark Manasse
Bob Scheifler

For the Cut-Buffer section:

Andrew Palay

For the Window and Session Manager sections:


Todd Brunhoff     Matt Landau
Ellis Cohen       Mark Manasse
Jim Fulton        Bob Scheifler
Hania Gajewska    Ralph Swick
Jordan Hubbard    Mike Wexler
Kerry Kimbrough   Glenn Widener
Audrey Ishizaki

For the Device Color Characterization section:

Keith Packard

In addition, thanks are due to those who contributed to the public review:

Gary Combs        John Irwin
Errol Crary       Vania Joloboff
Nancy Cyprych     John Laporta
John Diamant      Ken Lee
Clive Feather     Stuart Marks
Burns Fisher      Alan Mimms
Richard Greco     Colas Nahaboo
Tim Greenwood     Mark Patrick
Kee Hinckley      Steve Pitschke
Brian Holt        Brad Reed
John Interrante   John Thomas