THE VIDEO SHELF · window system history
NeWS: A Networked and Extensible Window System, lecture by James Gosling
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 imaging model and compares NeWS with similar systems.
Why HN readers recommended it
Shared in threads on window systems and X11 history as a primary-source talk on why NeWS was technically ahead of X.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Computer History Museum
- Topic
- window system history
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- advanced
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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kristopolous on Hacker News · 2021-11
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panick21_ on Hacker News · 2024-03
In The Berkeley Software Distribution
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