By Allen Brown, President and CEO, The Open Group Today everyone is familiar with the power of brands. Managed well, they can develop strong biases
Category: UNIX
Evolving Business and Technology Toward an Open Platform 3.0™
By Dave Lounsbury, Chief Technical Officer, The Open Group The role of IT within the business is one that constantly evolves and changes. If you’ve
Apple Registers Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion to the UNIX® 03 Standard
Today, Apple, Inc. released the latest version of the Mac OS X, version 10.8, also known as “Mountain Lion.” In addition to the product’s release, we are pleased to announce that Mac OS X Mountain Lion has achieved certification to The Open Group UNIX® 03 standard, which is the mark for systems conforming to the Single UNIX Specification, Version 3.
UNIX® is as Relevant as Ever
By Andrew Josey, The Open Group Despite being as old as man landing on the moon, the UNIX® operating system is still as relevant today
“Making Standards Work®”
When The Open Group develops a new standard, we take an end-to-end view of the ecosystem all the way through from customer requirements, developing consensus standards to certification and procurement. We aim to deliver standards that meet a need in the marketplace and then back those up with certification that delivers an assurance about the products or in the case of people certification, their knowledge or skills and experience. We then take regular feedback on our standards, maintain them and evolve them according to marketplace needs.