Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Network extensible Window System
     
        (NeWS) An elegant {PostScript}-based windowing environment,
        invented by James Gosling, the author of {GOSMACS}.
     
        NeWS would almost certainly have won the {standard}s war with
        the {X Window System} if it hadn't been {proprietary} to {Sun
        Microsystems}.  There is a lesson here that too many software
        vendors haven't yet heeded.  Communication is based on
        {PostScript} and server functions can be extended.
     
        See also {HyperNeWS}, {OpenWindows}.
     
        (1994-12-12)