[W/K] :: OPENSTEP

  OpenStep
       
           An object-oriented application
          programming interface (API) derived from NEXTSTEP and
          proposed as an open standard by NeXT in 1994.
       
          OpenStep is the specification of the object kits of NEXTSTEP.
          OPENSTEP/Mach was an implementation of this specification.
          The original, OPENSTEP version 4.0, and really was NEXTSTEP 4.
          Rhapsody was the codename for Apple's Mac OS X Server,
          which is really NEXTSTEP 5 (it calls itself "kernel 5.3" at
          boot time).
       
          OpenStep was designed to be implemented independently of the
          computer's operating system, hardware, and user interface.
          The API for Rhapsody will be a superset of OpenStep's.
       
          When the OpenStep API is implemented for a specific platform
          and made into a product, it is written in uppercase,
          e.g. OPENSTEP Developer 4.2 for Mach, or OPENSTEP Enterprise
          for Windows NT and Windows 95.  Versions of OPENSTEP exist
          for Windows 95/NT, Solaris, HP/UX, and Mach.
       
          (1999-11-25)