NeWS

NeWS /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ n.  [acronym;
   the `Network Window System'] The road not taken in window systems,
   an elegant {{PostScript}}-based environment that would almost
   certainly have won the standards war with {X} if it hadn't been
   {proprietary} to Sun Microsystems.  There is a lesson here that
   too many software vendors haven't yet heeded.  Many hackers insist
   on the two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing
   NeWS from {news} (the {netnews} software).