Definitions for "X/Open"
Originally a group of vendors (including IBM) which joined up to set up standards (particularly for Unix). Unlike UII and OSF, X/Open tried not to be partisan in the Unix battle. October 1993, Novell, the then owner of Unix, handed control of the Unix standard lock, stock, and barrel to X/Open, which then tested and branded implementations claiming to be Unix systems. November 1995, X/Open started cozying up to the OSF with the declared aim of making the two organizations appear as two sister divisions of a virtual corporation. The Open Group was the result. See also XPGn.
An organization which creates and promotes standards for vendor-neutral application program interfaces. The standard is called common applications environment (CAE) and contains specifications for GUIs, data access, and networks.
An independent open systems organization. Its strategy is to combine various standards into a comprehensive integrated systems environment called Common Applications Environment, which contains an evolving portfolio of practical APIs.