Acknowledgement must be given to the cumulative effort of the participants who contributed time and energy to achieve what has been recorded here. The Organizing Committee was largely responsible for the work prior to the Workshop. Special thanks must be given to the individuals who gave their time.
The main funding source for the Workshop was the Alvey MMI Director who ensured that the right mix of individuals could attend. We are also indebted to a number of organizations who provided significant financial help including Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Eurographics, SUN Microsystems, Microsoft Corporation and Graphic Software Systems.
The secretariat came from Rutherford Appleton Laboratory's Informatics Division. It worked long hours both during and after the Workshop to ensure an accurate transcript of the workshop in the minimum time. Carol Barnes, Janice Gore and Rita Hollington typed many thousands of keystrokes in the process. Special thanks must be paid to David Duce who organized the secretariat in his quiet and efficient style coping with most catastrophes in his stride; and to Carol Barnes and Janice Gore who worked very long hours typing the drafts of this book.
The Workshop was held at the Cosener's House in Abingdon. Particular thanks are due to the staff there for making us most welcome and coping with our excessive demands in terms of alterations to meal times and accommodation for six computers and a photocopier, in addition to the participants.
Chapter 12 first appeared in the proceedings of the 1985 EUUG Conference in Paris. It is reproduced here by kind permission of the European Unix Systems User Group. Figures 4.1 to 4.7 are reproduced by kind permission of Xerox Corporation.
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