Open Source Applications Foundation
| Type | 501(c)(6) organization |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Method | Promotion, protection, and standardization of Linux by providing unified resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed platforms. |
| Website | www |
The Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF) was a non-profit organization founded in 2002 by Mitch Kapor whose purpose was to effect widespread adoption of free software/open-source software.
The mission of the OSAF was stated this way:
Founded in 2002 by Mitch Kapor to effect widespread adoption of free software/open-source software.
In January 2008 Mitch Kapor ended his involvement with the Foundation, stepped down from the Board, and provided transitional funding. In the restructure that followed, Katie Capps Parlante became acting President. There were at one time eleven employees with Sheila Mooney as President.
Chandler is a note-to-self organiser (personal information management (PIM) software) designed for personal and small-group task management and calendaring. Chandler Desktop and Chandler Hub (an instance of Chandler Server (Cosmo)) are complementary. Chandler is written in Python and runs on Linux, OS X and Windows.
Cosmo architecture diagrams present a Java web application executing within a Java EE servlet container or application server, providing Morse Code, CalDAV, Webcal and Atom services to a variety of clients.
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