88open

The 88open Consortium Ltd. was an industry standards group set up by Motorola in 1988 to standardize Unix systems on their Motorola 88000 RISC processor systems.[1] At its peak, it had a staff of 30 people and over 50 supporters.[2] The effort was largely a failure, at least in terms of attracting attention to the 88000 platform, and the group folded as soon as Motorola turned their attention to the PowerPC.[3][4]

Members

Motorola provided 50% of the financial support for the consortium. Early members were Data General, Convergent and Tektronics. By May 1988, there were 28 companies who had joined with 7 not releasing their names.[5][6]

Standards
  • Object Compatibility Standard (OCS): An 88open standard for compilers and linkers.
gollark: pls latex \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}
gollark: TeX would really be easier than ASCII art.
gollark: I too enjoy being a very inefficient computer.
gollark: In my maths lessons we just use a calculator for such things.
gollark: This is not really very interesting maths, as it's just "substitute values into formula, get answers out".

See also

References
  1. Patton, Carole (May 30, 1988). "RISC Chip Vendors Vie for Third-Party Support". InfoWorld.
  2. Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin (1996). The Alliance Revolution: The New Shape of Business Rivalry. Harvard University Press. p. 124. ISBN 9780674016477. 88open.
  3. Updegrove, Andrew (March 2006). "STANDARDS WARS: SITUATIONS, STRATEGIES AND OUTCOMES" (PDF). ConsortiumInfo.org. p. 7. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  4. Kahin, Brian; Abbate, Janet (1995). Standards Policy for Information Infrastructure. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262112062.
  5. "US Market for UNIX 1989-1994". archive.org. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  6. "US Market for UNIX 1989-1994". archive.org. Retrieved 2017-06-21.

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