Jim Gettys: X Window System Design Principles (UVC, 1991)

As part of University Video Communication's Distinguished Lecture Series from 1991, Jim Gettys discusses principles of the graphical interface X Window System (also known as X11 or just X). Jim Gettys was one of the original developers of X, and eventually went on to be part of the free and open source X.Org implementation or X. He later served on the GNOME board of directors, and was the Vice President of Software at the One Laptop per Child project.

Formed in 1987, University Video Communications (UVC) was a technology education company that produced and distributed classroom-ready video lectures by pioneering industry scientists and engineers.