<s>
OpenWindows	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
desktop	O
environment	O
for	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
workstations	B-Device
which	O
combined	O
SunView	B-Library
,	O
NeWS	O
,	O
and	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenWindows	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
later	O
releases	O
of	O
the	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
4	O
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
until	O
its	O
removal	O
in	O
Solaris	B-Application
9	I-Application
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Common	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
(	O
CDE	B-Application
)	O
and	O
GNOME	B-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenWindows	O
implements	O
the	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
GUI	B-Application
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenWindows	O
is	O
made	O
of	O
four	O
components	O
:	O
the	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
Window	O
Manager	O
(	O
olwm	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
DeskSet	O
productivity	O
tools	O
,	O
the	O
XView	B-Library
and	O
OLIT	B-Library
widget	O
toolkits	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
underlying	O
X11/NeWS	O
window	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenWindows	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
as	O
a	O
separately	O
licensed	O
addition	O
to	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
4.0	O
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
older	O
SunView	B-Library
(	O
originally	O
"	O
SunTools	B-Library
"	O
)	O
windowing	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
core	O
is	O
the	O
"	O
xnews	B-Device
server	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
hybrid	O
window	O
server	O
that	O
as	O
its	O
name	O
implies	O
supports	O
both	O
X11	B-Operating_System
and	O
NeWS-based	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
can	O
also	O
display	O
legacy	O
SunView	B-Library
applications	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
functionality	O
was	O
not	O
well-supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
A	O
standalone	O
NeWS	O
windowing	B-Application
system	I-Application
was	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
never	O
the	O
primary	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
windowing	B-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
SunOS	O
4.1.1	O
in	O
1990	O
,	O
OpenWindows	O
2.0	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
2.0	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
4	O
,	O
included	O
OpenWindows	O
3.0.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.3	O
in	O
late	O
1993	O
,	O
Sun	O
switched	O
to	O
a	O
standard	O
X11R5	B-Operating_System
release	O
of	O
X11	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
SunView	B-Library
applications	O
was	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphical	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
the	O
window	O
manager	O
and	O
tools	O
is	O
still	O
based	O
on	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
7	I-Application
featured	O
OpenWindows	O
3.6.1	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
X11R6.4	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
Sun	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
major	O
Unix	O
vendors	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
formed	O
the	O
COSE	B-Operating_System
alliance	O
,	O
seeking	O
further	O
standardization	O
among	O
their	O
Unix	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
alliance	O
chose	O
the	O
Motif	B-Application
look	O
and	O
feel	O
as	O
its	O
standard	O
,	O
and	O
Sun	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
phase	O
out	O
OpenWindows	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
COSE	B-Operating_System
desktop	O
environment	O
,	O
which	O
came	O
to	O
be	O
known	O
as	O
CDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
release	O
of	O
OpenWindows	O
is	O
version	O
3.6.2	O
,	O
included	O
in	O
Solaris	B-Application
8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
9	I-Application
in	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
OpenWindows	O
support	O
from	O
Solaris	B-Application
finally	O
began	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
DeskSet	O
tools	O
,	O
OLIT	B-Library
and	O
XView	B-Library
development	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
olwm	O
were	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
running	O
and	O
displaying	O
applications	O
built	O
with	O
XView	B-Library
or	O
OLIT	B-Library
remains	O
in	O
both	O
Solaris	B-Application
9	I-Application
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
necessary	O
libraries	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
included	O
in	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
and	O
later	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
project	O
called	O
"	O
OWAcomp	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
OpenWindows	O
Augmented	O
Compatibility	O
Environment	O
"	O
,	O
aims	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
OpenWindows	O
Deskset	O
environment	O
on	O
Solaris	B-Application
9	I-Application
,	O
10	O
(	O
Sparc	B-Architecture
and	O
x86	B-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
x86	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
project	O
hosted	O
at	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
called	O
"	O
openlook	B-Operating_System
"	O
that	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
OpenWindows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2007	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
quite	O
Linux-centric	O
.	O
</s>
