NeWS
| NeWS | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | James Gosling, David S. H. Rosenthal |
| Developer(s) | Sun Microsystems |
| Initial release | October 1986 |
| Operating system | SunOS |
| Type | Windowing system |
NeWS (Network extensible Window System) is a discontinued windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid-1980s. Originally known as "SunDew", its primary authors were James Gosling and David S. H. Rosenthal. The NeWS interpreter was based on PostScript (as was the later Display PostScript, although the two projects were otherwise unrelated) extending it to allow interaction and multiple "contexts" to support windows. Like PostScript, NeWS could be used as a complete programming language, but unlike PostScript, NeWS could be used to make complete interactive programs with mouse support and a GUI.