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Open Software Foundation

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Open Software Foundation was founded in 1988.

It was dissolved on January 1, 1996.

Open Software Foundation

Summary

Open Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Open Software Foundation's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[3].
  • Open Software Foundation's ISNI is recorded as 0000000110187110[4].
  • Open Software Foundation's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 156636617[5].
  • Open Software Foundation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n90681207[6].
  • Open Software Foundation's IdRef ID is recorded as 078522994[7].
  • Open Software Foundation's has part is recorded as Apollo Computer[8].
  • Open Software Foundation's has part is recorded as Groupe Bull[9].
  • Open Software Foundation's has part is recorded as Digital Equipment Corporation[10].
  • Open Software Foundation's has part is recorded as Hewlett-Packard[11].
  • Open Software Foundation's has part is recorded as IBM[12].
  • Open Software Foundation's has part is recorded as Nixdorf Computer[13].
  • Open Software Foundation's has part is recorded as Siemens[14].
  • Open Software Foundation's has part is recorded as Hitachi[15].
  • Open Software Foundation's has part is recorded as Koninklijke Philips NV[16].
  • +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Open Software Foundation[17].
  • Open Software Foundation was dissolved in +1996-01-01T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Open Software Foundation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01b0l4[19].
  • Open Software Foundation's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2650196A[20].
  • Open Software Foundation's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0262906[21].
  • Open Software Foundation's replaces is recorded as Unix International[22].
  • Open Software Foundation's replaced by is recorded as The Open Group[23].
  • Open Software Foundation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Open-Software-Foundation[24].
  • Open Software Foundation's legal form is recorded as foundation[25].
  • Open Software Foundation's different from is recorded as Open Source Initiative[26].
  • Open Software Foundation's Quora topic ID is recorded as Open-Software-Foundation[27].

Body

Founding

+1988-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Open Software Foundation[17].

Dissolution

Open Software Foundation was dissolved in +1996-01-01T00:00:00Z[18].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Open Software Foundation include OSF/1[28], an Unix-like operating system[29].

Why It Matters

Open Software Foundation ranks in the top 7% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include OSF/1[28], an Unix-like operating system[29].

Related Entities

Digital Equipment Corporation Hewlett-Packard Hitachi IBM Joseph R. Kiniry Koninklijke Philips NV MkLinux OSF/1 Siemens

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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