资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
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 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)