General Features
	l Portable to many other platforms – Core is independent of OS and window system – Multilanguage support (Ada, C, C++, Fortran, and java) – Consistent display l Scalable – Consumer electronics, PCs, workstations, supercomputers l Stable – Backwards compatibility required l Industry standard – architecture review board  (Compaq,HP,IBM, Intel,Microsoft, SGI...) – Supported by most hardware accelerators l Well-documented l Easy to use