Erwise
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Erwise is an early discontinued web browser, and the first that was available for the X Window System.
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- software version identifier
- 0.1
- inception
- 1992-03-01
- discontinuation date
- 1992-04-25
- publication date
- 1992-04-15
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Erwise is an early discontinued web browser, and the first that was available for the X Window System.
Released in April 1992, the browser was written for Unix computers running X and used the W3 common access library. Erwise was the combined master's project of four Finnish students at the Helsinki University of Technology (now merged into Aalto University): Kim Nyberg, Teemu Rantanen, Kati Suominen and Kari Sydänmaanlakka. The group decided to make a web browser at the suggestion of Robert Cailliau, who was visiting the university, and were supervised by Ari Lemmke.