<s>
The	O
Architecture	B-Application
Neutral	I-Application
Distribution	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
ANDF	B-Application
)	O
in	O
computing	O
is	O
a	O
technology	O
allowing	O
common	O
"	O
shrink	O
wrapped	O
"	O
binary	O
application	O
programs	O
to	O
be	O
distributed	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
conformant	O
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
translated	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
different	O
underlying	O
hardware	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ANDF	B-Application
was	O
defined	O
by	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
and	O
was	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
"	O
truly	O
revolutionary	O
technology	O
that	O
will	O
significantly	O
advance	O
the	O
cause	O
of	O
portability	O
and	O
open	O
systems	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
widely	O
adopted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
OSF	O
offerings	O
,	O
ANDF	B-Application
was	O
specified	O
through	O
an	O
open	O
selection	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fifteen	O
proposals	O
were	O
received	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
technical	O
approaches	O
,	O
including	O
obscured	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
compiler	B-Language
intermediate	O
languages	O
,	O
and	O
annotated	O
executable	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
of	O
ANDF	B-Application
,	O
chosen	O
after	O
an	O
evaluation	O
of	O
competing	O
approaches	O
and	O
implementations	O
,	O
was	O
Ten15	O
Distribution	O
Format	O
,	O
later	O
renamed	O
TenDRA	B-Language
Distribution	O
Format	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
UK	O
Defence	O
Research	O
Agency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ANDF	B-Application
was	O
intended	O
to	O
benefit	O
both	O
software	O
developers	O
and	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSF	O
released	O
several	O
development	O
'	O
snapshots	O
 '	O
of	O
ANDF	B-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
commercially	O
by	O
OSF	O
or	O
any	O
of	O
its	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
OSF	O
stopped	O
working	O
on	O
ANDF	B-Application
,	O
development	O
continued	O
at	O
other	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
