Open Software Foundation
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Open Software Foundation was a consortium of major technology companies formed in the late 1980s to develop and promote an open, vendor-neutral UNIX operating system and related software standards.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Open Software Foundation canonical | 2 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-profit organization
ⓘ
software industry consortium ⓘ |
| abbreviation | OSF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aimedAt | reducing dependence on single-vendor UNIX solutions ⓘ |
| basedOn | UNIX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
multi-vendor
ⓘ
vendor-neutral ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developed |
Distributed Computing Environment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Motif NERFINISHED ⓘ OSF/1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus |
open systems
ⓘ
operating systems ⓘ software standards ⓘ |
| founded | 1988 ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
| hasProduct |
DCE middleware
ⓘ
OSF/1 operating system NERFINISHED ⓘ OSF/Motif graphical user interface toolkit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | UNIX wars ⓘ |
| industry |
computer software
ⓘ
information technology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfCategory |
UNIX consortia
ⓘ
standards organizations ⓘ technology consortia ⓘ |
| mergedInto | The Open Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo | UNIX International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promoted |
open systems architecture
ⓘ
portable UNIX applications ⓘ standardized application programming interfaces ⓘ |
| purpose |
to develop an open UNIX operating system
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to promote vendor-neutral UNIX standards ⓘ to provide an alternative to proprietary UNIX systems ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Common Open Software Environment
NERFINISHED
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POSIX NERFINISHED ⓘ UNIX System V NERFINISHED ⓘ X/Open NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardized |
UNIX operating system interfaces
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distributed computing interfaces ⓘ graphical user interface components ⓘ |
| successor | The Open Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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