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- From: N77BB%CUNYVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.research
- Subject: OS Portability
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 21:11:36 GMT
- Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
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- I need some input.
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- I am currently working on a thesis on Open Operating Systems and would like
- to inquire about some information concerning the various Operating Systems
- on the market and also those under development. My goal is to locate
- information on the portability and standardization of operating systems
- across various hardware platforms. I am aware that UNIX is considered
- portable in a sense, but there are many versions which prevent it from
- becoming standard across platforms.
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- I am also interested in learning more about Object Oriented Operating
- Systems because they seem to provide the necessary modularization of the
- Kernel from the Utilities and the User Interface. Theoretically the
- Kernel will tend to be dependent upon the hardware, but as long as there
- is a consistent interface with the Utilites/Applications/User, some degree
- of portability can be achieved. Correct me if I am wrong, but two
- operating systems that are still under development and using OOP are
- 'SPRING', by Sun Microsystems, and 'PINK', by Taligent. I really don't
- know much about these two operating systems, and would appreciate any
- feedback.
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- Other operating systems that I am considering are:
- 'SOLARIS' by Sunsoft, Inc.
- 'NextStep' by Next
- 'Windows NT' by Microsoft
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- Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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- Please send responses by e-mail.
-
- James Chin
- n77bb@cunyvm.cuny.edu
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