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The X.Org Foundation is the organization holding the stewardship for the development of the X Window System. It was founded on 22 January 2004. The X.org logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The X.org logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... KDE 3. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The creation of the Foundation marked a radical change in the governance of X. Whereas the stewards of X since 1988 (including the previous X.Org) had been vendor organizations, the Foundation is led by software developers and using community development on the bazaar model, which relies on outside involvement. Membership is also open to individuals, with corporate membership being in the form of sponsorship. The Cathedral and the Bazaar (abbreviated CatB) is an essay by Eric S. Raymond on software engineering methods, based on his observations of the Linux kernel development process and his experiences managing an open source project, fetchmail. ...

The Foundation is a Delaware LLC, with non-profit status as a scientific charity. The current (2005) Board of Directors is Stuart Anderson (Free Standards Group), Egbert Eich (SUSE/Novell), Jim Gettys (OLPC), Stuart Kreitman (Sun Microsystems), Kevin Martin (Red Hat), Jim McQuillan (Linux Terminal Server Project) and Leon Shiman (Shiman Associates and the old X.Org). Official language(s) None Capital Dover Largest city Wilmington Area  Ranked 49th  - Total 2,491 sq. ... A limited liability company (denoted by L.L.C. or LLC) is a legal form of company offering limited liability to its owners. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... The Free Standards Group is an industry non-profit consortium that primarily specifies and drives the adoption of the open source standards. ... SUSE (properly pronounced , but often pronounced /suzi/) is a major retail Linux distribution, produced in Germany. ... Novell, Inc. ... Jim Gettys is a computer programmer. ... The $100 laptop is a design for an inexpensive laptop computer being developed by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and modern forms of education. ... Sun Microsystems, Inc. ... Red Hat, Inc. ... Jim McQuillan is the founder and project leader of the Linux Terminal Server Project. ... Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) is an add-on package for Linux that allows many people to simultaneously use the same computer. ...

The X.Org Server is the reference implementation of X, and is commonly used on GNU/Linux and UNIX; it is the fundamental technology underlying both the modern GNOME and KDE desktops and older CDE desktop environment; applications written for any of these environments can be run simultaneously. The current version is X11R7.1. It is hosted at freedesktop.org. The XOrg Foundation Open Source Public Implementation of X11 (the XOrg Server) is the official reference implementation of the X Window System. ... In computing, a reference implementation (or, infrequently, sample implementation) is a software example of a standard for use in helping others implement their own versions of the standard. ... The GNOME project is an international effort to create an easy-to-use computer desktop environment built entirely from software considered free by the Free Software Foundation. ... KDE (K Desktop Environment) is a free desktop environment and development platform built with Trolltechs Qt toolkit. ... Possible meanings: Cable Discharge Event Caledonia (airport) California Department of Education Call Detail Element Card Data Entry Career Development Event Center for Demography and Ecology Center for Directed Energy Center for Document Engineering Centre for Development and Environment Certificate in Data Education Certified Data Educator Certified Diabetes Educator Chemical Defense... freedesktop. ...

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