Development Standards:
Operating system (UNIX), languages (C, C++), graphics systems
(X-Windows), and user interface (OSF/Motif) become transparent.
Removes the user from worrying about hardware components.
Applications are no longer tied to particular piece of hardware.
Allows new generations of hardware to be added to the system every six weeks.
Provides extensive window management capabilities:
Instantaneous, automatic update of data types between applications.
The basis of a new visual language for interacting with computers.
Potential of pointers that will retrieve data from large data bases without requiring