According to IXI Ltd’s managing director Ray Anderson, new and established software companies are now working on X Window software designed specifically for the time when large networks of X-terminal users are up and running. These are not simply X re-writes of existing applications. Groupware X applications will interact with those running in other windows, and indeed IXI is itself working on new interface technology for users on X networks – help and find facilities – enabling applications, data and other interface features and functions to be quickly located across a network. Version 3.0 of IXI’s flagship X.Desktop graphical user interface software will be launched early next year.
