Open Software Foundation
<body> (OSF) A foundation created by nine computer vendors, (Apollo, DEC,
Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Bull, Nixdorf, Philips, Siemens and Hitachi) to promote
"Open Computing". It is planned that common operating systems and interfaces,
based on developments of Unix and the X Window System will be forthcoming for a
wide range of different hardware architectures. OSF announced the release of the
industry's first open operating system - OSF/1 on 23 October 1990.
(1994-11-23)
Nearby terms:
Open Scripting Architecture « Open Shortest-Path
First « Open Shortest-Path First Interior Gateway
Protocol « Open Software Foundation » open
source » Open Source Definition » Open Source
Initiative
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