1. Linux
If you are looking at a Sparc based Sun server, an IBM Power4 server, or similar high-end server that uses an architecture other thanx86? ... This is where hardware selection for a server becomes very important and otherwise wouldn't be as critical if the server were based on an architecture designed specifically to be used in servers such as Sun's Sparc or DEC's Alpha. ...
Operating System: Compare and Contrast Obtaining Information The team project required members of the team to obtain information on Windows CE, Windows XP and Linux. The plan to find this information involved searching the World Wide Web for articles and websites containing the features of each of the operating systems over the course of 3 weeks. Each week we researched a different operating system. Towards the end of each week, we each posted our findings on the team newsgroup, compared our lists and if necessary, discussed of findings. Each week, one team member compiled all ou...
Microsoft and Windows Competitors A lot of people today, mostly microsofties, argue that Microsoft should not be split up since it isn't really a monopoly; Windows has a lot of competitors out there and some of the companies that make them are even bigger than Microsoft. And that is actually quite ...
Linux is a free operating system that was developed on the Internet. It was created by Linus Torvalds at first, who then put its source code on his web page. Since then, many "hackers" and software programmers have further developed it. It is now a Unix-like operating system that serves as a fre...
In order to look at the operating systems, we must first ask the questions "What is a computer?" and then "What is an operating system?" In his book A History of Modern Computing, Paul Ceruzzi states that "computers were invented to "compute": to solve "complex mathematical problems," as the dictionary still defines that word. They still do that, but that is not why we are living in an "Information Age." That reflects other things that computers do: store and retrieve data, manage networks of communications, process text, generate and manipulate images and sounds, fly air and space craft...
Introduction The computer industry has come along way over the last fifty years. Technological advancements have brought us to a Personal Computer (PC) in almost every home. This giant leap could not have been possible if not for operating systems (OS) that the common person could use and understand. This paper will describe and illustrate several operating systems in use today. Also this paper will compare and contrast some of the features and benefits of these operating systems. ...