< 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 system s 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)