Jim Gettys - Definition and Overview

Jim Gettys is a computer programmer. He is one of the original developers of the X Window System at MIT and works on it again with X.Org, where he serves on the board of directors. He worked at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is the editor of the HTTP/1.1 specification in the Internet Engineering Task Force.

Jim works at HP Labs' Cambridge Research Laboratory. He is a member of the collegium of the Open Source Awards, and won the 1997 Internet Plumber of the Year award for his work on HTTP/1.1 on behalf of the group who worked on it. Jim is one of the keepers of the Flame (USENIX's 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award) on behalf of The X Window System Community at Large.