[Info-vax] DECwindows predecessor?

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On Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 7:07:42 PM UTC-4, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Jim Causey  <jimcausey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >I've seen a couple of references to a UI framework that ran on VMS prior to the development of DECwindows.  What was that framework called?  What was the last version of VMS on which it ran?  Did it run on ULTRIX as well?
> 
> Probably VWS, the Vax Windows System.  It was kind of horrible.  I remember
> it running as late as VMS 5.5, maybe later.
> --scott
> 

One thing I liked about VWS was you could give a window input focus without bringing it to the foreground.