NeXT and Sun Microsystems

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application programming interface specification operating system technology company

NeXT and Sun Microsystems were influential technology companies that collaborated in the 1990s on object-oriented software frameworks and operating system technologies, notably contributing to the development of OPENSTEP.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf application programming interface specification ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
technology company ⓘ
technology company ⓘ
acquiredBy Apple Inc. ⓘ
Oracle Corporation ⓘ
acquisitionDate 1997 ⓘ
2010 ⓘ
basedOn NeXTSTEP ⓘ
coDeveloped OPENSTEP ⓘ
OPENSTEP ⓘ
collaboratedWith NeXT Inc. ⓘ
surface form: NeXT

Sun Microsystems ⓘ
collaborationFocus object-oriented software frameworks ⓘ
object-oriented software frameworks ⓘ
operating system technologies ⓘ
operating system technologies ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developed Java ⓘ
surface form: Java programming language

NeXTSTEP ⓘ
surface form: NeXTSTEP operating system

Objective-C based application frameworks ⓘ
Solaris operating system ⓘ
developedBy NeXT Inc. ⓘ
surface form: NeXT

Sun Microsystems ⓘ
developer NeXT Inc. ⓘ
surface form: NeXT
foundedBy Andy Bechtolsheim ⓘ
Avie Tevanian ⓘ
Bill Joy ⓘ
George Crow ⓘ
Joanna Hoffman ⓘ
Rich Page ⓘ
Scott McNealy ⓘ
Steve Jobs ⓘ
Susan Barnes ⓘ
Vinod Khosla ⓘ
headquartersLocation Redwood City, California ⓘ
Santa Clara, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Santa Clara, California
inception 1982 ⓘ
1985 ⓘ
industry computer hardware ⓘ
computer hardware ⓘ
computer software ⓘ
computer software ⓘ
influenced macOS ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS X

macOS ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS X

enterprise computing ⓘ
modern Apple software frameworks ⓘ
network computing ⓘ
notableProduct Java ⓘ
NeXT Computer line ⓘ
surface form: NeXT Computer

NeXTSTEP ⓘ
NeXTcube ⓘ
NFS ⓘ
surface form: Network File System

OPENSTEP ⓘ
SPARCstation ⓘ
surface form: SPARC workstations

Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form: Solaris
slogan The network is the computer ⓘ
supports object-oriented application development ⓘ

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OPENSTEP → standardizedBy → NeXT and Sun Microsystems ⓘ