Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 00:13:12 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Oliver Fehr <Oliver.Fehr@ofehr.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advanced OS Questions only you can answer... Message-ID: <39A36B78.EAC2192@softweyr.com> References: <ICEJIODGDNKLAKFMLGACMEGECBAA.oliver.fehr@ofehr.com> <39A2D2FA.46CCCA52@softweyr.com> <00082221322801.26000@yalta.ofehr.com>
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Oliver Fehr wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Wes Peters wrote: > > Oliver Fehr wrote: > > > > > > I recommend reading "Modern Operating Systems" by Andrew S. Tannenbaum > > > (Prentice Hall). Though a bit old (1992, I think) it will give you most of > > > the information you want. > > > > The problem with Tannenbaum's book is that it doesn't cover any modern > > operating systems. Mr. Bliss, once you've finished your research, please > > write a replacement text that covers Mach (as a starting point), Chorus, > > Plan9, Spring, and Flux. > > > Well, the book covers UNIX and DOS, at least on of which can be considered > a modern operating system. You be the judge which on ... Neither. One is not an operating system, but merely a game loader, and the other is over 30 years old and dates to the days of mechanial tele- types and punched paper tape as input/output devices. If you haven't studied at least two of the above, you have no chance of understanding why UNIX isn't a modern operating system. It is the conceptual parent of all of the above, though. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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