NeWS: A Networked and Extensible Window System, lecture by James Gosling

Why it was recommended

Here's James Gosling (you know, guy that invented Java) talking about it for an hour or so from 1990

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What it covers

A 1990 lecture by James Gosling on NeWS, Sun's networked window system in which clients send PostScript programs to the server for execution. It covers the high-level. It is for someone who wants the derivation, proof, or implementation detail.

Video details

Channel

Computer History Museum

Length

49 min 39 sec

Year

2016

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