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Open Software Foundation

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(body)Open Software Foundation - (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.
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Moreover Zander accused HP of effectively pursuing a strategy of OJF - opposing Java forever - in the same way that HP was instrumental in creating the ill-fated Open Software Foundation, which Sun always claimed stood for 'oppose Sun forever.
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He has also actively participated in the X/Open and Open Software Foundation (OSF) consortiums.
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Long a champion of open standards, Manca also has actively participated in the X-Open and Open Software Foundation (OSF) consortiums.
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