This report is going to talk about history of operating system, current development of the Open Source operating system (we are taking Linux operating system) and Windows operating system, evolving of operating system and comparison between Open Source and Proprietary System such as Windows. Besides that, we will take a deep look on how old operating system is being replaced by modern operating system in this fast developed technology era on evolving of operating system part.
Here we will introduce a little bit about what is operating system, basic function on operating system and some popular example of operating system. When you turn on your computer, it is feel nice that you have control. It is feels easy like a director in front of the screen. Actually there are a lot of things inside and the real man behind who handles those things is called operating system (abbreviate as OS). OS is a software program enables computer hardware and software to communicate with each other, control and manage computer memory and processes.
General purpose for an OS is to run program. It also can perform basic task such as received input, display output, keep and delete files, multitasking in nowadays and control peripheral such as mouse and keyboard. Without OS, a computer is useless because it allow us to communicate with computer without knowing computer “language”. The most popular operating system at this time are Microsoft Windows like Windows 8 (released in 2012), Windows 7 (2009), Windows Vista (2007) and *Windows XP (Microsoft stop supporting at 8 April 2014), Apple’s Mac OS and Linux.
While Microsoft Windows and Linux can be installed on standard personal computer but Mac OS only can run on Macintosh computer. Operating system can also...
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...eated as to improve upon the code and share within the community.
Is a computer software that given licensed and given the right to use the software. It is restrictful from other users to modify, share, study and redistribute. Source codes are not available.
User Everyone Everyone
Manufacturer Developed by community. Source codes are available. Created by Microsoft but they allowed other to distribute thei own computers with Windows pre-installed.
Cost Free Need to buy
Example Ubuntu, Fedora, Red Hat Linux, Desbian, Mandrake, Centos, Mandriva, Novell, Oracle Enterprise, SUSE Linux, Turbolinux. MS-DOS, Windows 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, Windows 95, 98, 2000, Windows ME, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, 8.1
Developer Linus Torvalds Microsoft
Languages Multilingual Multilingual
Update Method Either provided by Linux or community who modify the code.
At Windows update
Windows hardware’s has played a vital role in current technology of computer era. Computer application has significantly changed the workloads and manual records and information keeping has been significantly managed easily. This has been tremendously associated with the respective improvements with the software and hardware application development and Windows Xp and windows 7 have been most powerful operating system used by many computer applicants and users.
In 500 B.C. the abacus was first used by the Babylonians as an aid to simple arithmetic. In 1623 Wihelm Schickard (1592 - 1635) invented a "Calculating Clock". This mechanical machine could add and subtract up to 6 digit numbers, and warned of an overflow by ringing a bell. J. H. Mueller comes up with the idea of the "difference engine", in 1786. This calculator could tabulate values of a polynomial. Muellers attempt to raise funds fails and the project was forgotten. Scheutz and his son Edward produced a 3rd order difference engine with a printer in 1843 and their government agreed to fund their next project.
As the internet is becoming faster and faster, an operating system (OS) is needed to manage the data in computers. An Operating system can be considered to be a set of programed codes that are created to control hardware such as computers. In 1985 Windows was established as an operating system and a year earlier Mac OS was established, and they have dominated the market of the computer programs since that time. Although, many companies have provided other operating systems, most users still prefer Mac as the most secured system and windows as it provides more multiple functions. This essay will demonstrate the differences between windows
This document describes the final project for the course COEN 283 – Operating System. The project is team oriented, main goal is to select a topic related the Operating System concepts that should be either theoretical, in which new algorithm is analysis and simulate, in which subsystem/driver of an OS is prototyped. Provide the simulation/implementation code and explain the detail design in this report. This project will provide opportunity for students to perform research on topic of interest of operating system.
In 1984, Microsoft became on of the first established software companies to develop software for the Apple Macintosh. By that time Microsoft had an office suite of applications that included Word, Excel, and Works. That move gave Microsoft experience in developing applications for GUI’s(Graphical User Interface.) In 1985, Microsoft used that knowledge and release the first version of Windows. Windows was a shell of DOS, which means that it ran over DOS and extended the features of DOS, and employed a graphical user interface. Windows 2.0 was released in 1987. Windows 2.0 had improved performance and offered a new visual appearance. In 1990, Microsoft released Windows 3.0, which was followed by Windows 3.1 and 3.11. The Windows 3.x line rapidly became the most widely used operating systems. Also in 1990, Microsoft became the first personal-computer software company to record $1 billion in annual sales.
It all began in 1991, during the time of monumental computing development. DOS had been bought from a Seattle hacker by Bill Gates, for a sum of $50,000 – a small price for an operating system that had managed sneak its way across the globe due to a clever marketing strategy. Apple’s OS and UNIX were both available, though the cost of running either was far greater than that of running DOS. Enter MINIX, an operating system developed from the ground up by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, a college professor. MINIX was part of a lesson plan used to teach students the inner-workings of an operating system. Tanenbaum had written a book on MINIX called “Operating System” and anyone who had picked up a copy would find the 12,000 lines of code that comprised MINIX itself. This was a big issue; due to the fact that all know (well published) operating systems to that point had been well guarded by software developers, thus making it difficult for people to truly expand on operating system mechanics.
Many different computer operating systems have been used in the past or are being used on current computers. You may have even used or heard of MS-DOS, Mac operating systems, Solaris, MorphOS, Unix, Android, and/or the Microsoft Windows operating system. The Microsoft Windows operating system is the most well-known and most frequently used operating system among computer users today; however, there is another operating system that was developed by Linus Torvalds, a software engineer and hacker from Finland, that can be advantageous to learn despite it being developed in the early 1990s (Goldsborough, 2011, p. 12).
Recent data shows that 78% of computer users use Microsoft Windows as their primary operating system. Microsoft has also just released a new operating system known as Vista that competes primarily with Apple’s Mac OSX.
Linux has long been one of many operating systems that have been out to prove its worth in all types of environment. It is currently being considered for enterprise network purposes as well as data centers where it implies servers, workstations and any mainframes as needed. Choosing what operating system to use, whether it is open source or not, can be difficult, though. This paper projects the advantages and concerns of choosing an open source solution like Linux as administrators and users are becoming more aware of Linux running on both server and desktop systems. It is quickly being adopted in an ever increasing number of global corporations and government agencies.
In the early days of DOS programming, there were many variations, but MS-DOS did not start out as a Microsoft product. CP/M was designed by Gary Kildall, called the man who could have been Bill Gates. As Steve Hamm from Business Week states:
Both operating systems however diverge from each other in various ways, their question isn’t necessary which one is better but rather what makes them so different. When comparing two operating systems a user should take the following categories in for consideration, cost, user, user interface, usage, file system support, and security. The cost of a Linux operating is completely free versus a windows operating system which can range from prices such as $50.00 to $450.00. Even though Linux operating system is free however according to diffren.com their customer support is available for a
Thousands of years ago calculations were done using people’s fingers and pebbles that were found just lying around. Technology has transformed so much that today the most complicated computations are done within seconds. Human dependency on computers is increasing everyday. Just think how hard it would be to live a week without a computer. We owe the advancements of computers and other such electronic devices to the intelligence of men of the past.
Linux is an operating system developed by Linus Benedicts Torvalds. The operation system is the key of communication between the software and the hardware. Linux is a free and open-source software1 built around the Linux kernel. The first event leading to its creation is the conception of the UNIX operating system implemented by Ken Thomson and Dennis Ritchie in 1969 and first released in 1970. They rewrote it to make it portable and it became widely adopted, copied and modified by academic institutions and businesses. In 1987, Andrew Tanenbaum released MINIX2 to typify the concepts written in his textbook, Operating Systems: Design and Implementation. The source code was available but it was impossible to modify or redistribute the system.
The term "software piracy" covers different activities: illegal copying of programs, counterfeiting and distributing software - even sharing a program with a friend.