<s>
SunView	B-Library
(	O
Sun	O
Visual	O
Integrated	O
Environment	O
for	O
Workstations	B-Device
,	O
originally	O
Suntools	B-Library
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
windowing	B-Application
system	I-Application
from	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
that	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
UNIX	B-Application
implementation	O
starting	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
later	O
UNIX	B-Application
windowing	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
much	O
of	O
it	O
was	O
implemented	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
SunView	B-Library
ran	O
on	O
Sun	O
's	O
desktop	O
and	O
deskside	O
workstations	B-Device
,	O
providing	O
an	O
interactive	O
graphical	B-Application
environment	I-Application
for	O
technical	O
computing	O
,	O
document	O
publishing	O
,	O
medical	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
applications	O
of	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
on	O
high	O
resolution	O
monochrome	O
,	O
greyscale	O
and	O
color	O
displays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SunView	B-Library
includes	O
a	O
full	O
suite	O
of	O
productivity	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
an	O
email	O
reader	O
,	O
calendaring	O
tool	O
,	O
text	O
editor	O
,	O
clock	O
,	O
preferences	O
,	O
and	O
menu	O
management	O
interface	O
(	O
all	O
GUIs	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
's	O
original	O
SunView	B-Library
application	O
suite	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
X	B-Operating_System
,	O
featuring	O
the	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
look	O
and	O
feel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DeskSet	O
tools	O
became	O
a	O
unifying	O
element	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
Unix	B-Application
wars	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
open	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
industry	O
was	O
embroiled	O
in	O
a	O
battle	O
which	O
would	O
last	O
for	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
COSE	B-Operating_System
initiative	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
that	O
Sun	O
's	O
bundled	O
applications	O
would	O
be	O
ported	O
yet	O
again	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
to	O
the	O
Motif	B-Application
widget	I-Application
toolkit	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
result	O
would	O
be	O
part	O
of	O
CDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
became	O
the	O
standard	O
for	O
a	O
time	O
across	O
all	O
open	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full	O
suite	O
of	O
group	O
productivity	O
applications	O
that	O
Sun	O
had	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
desktop	O
workstations	B-Device
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
significant	O
legacy	O
of	O
SunView	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
underlying	O
windowing	O
infrastructure	O
changed	O
,	O
protocols	O
changed	O
,	O
and	O
windowing	B-Application
systems	I-Application
changed	O
,	O
the	O
Sun	O
applications	O
remained	O
largely	O
the	O
same	O
,	O
maintaining	O
interoperability	O
with	O
previous	O
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SunView	B-Library
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
superseded	O
by	O
NeWS	O
,	O
a	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
window	B-Application
system	I-Application
based	O
on	O
PostScript	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
actual	O
successor	O
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
OpenWindows	O
,	O
whose	O
window	O
server	O
supported	O
SunView	B-Library
,	O
NeWS	O
and	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
display	O
of	O
SunView	B-Library
programs	O
was	O
phased	O
out	O
after	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
provided	O
a	O
toolkit	O
for	O
X	B-Operating_System
called	O
XView	B-Library
,	O
with	O
an	O
API	B-Application
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
SunView	B-Library
,	O
simplifying	O
the	O
transition	O
for	O
developers	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
later	O
announced	O
its	O
migration	O
to	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
from	O
CDE	B-Application
,	O
presumably	O
marking	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
20-year-plus	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
SunView/DeskSet	O
code	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
