Microsoft’s operating system is encountering a heated battle from two fronts: open-source software and Apple. Open-source programmers seek to share their code for an operating system freely over the Internet which contrasts with Microsoft who seeks to keep its code proprietary. Apple is also competing with Microsoft by trying to create a different kind of operating system, one that is creative, unique and changes the way people use information. Both the open-source programmers and the Apple programmers (Mac OS X), use a variation of UNIX for their operating systems.
Open-source software is available for anyone to use or modify free of charge. Most software companies allow only their programmers to make changes to source code; but with open-source software, the source code for software is not copyrighted and anyone can make changes. Many programmers, who embraced open-source code in college, are now in the workforce and have reached the point where they are now “quietly been bringing free software in through the back doors of industry ... They do so not from altruistic motives, but rather to bring better code to their work.” (DiBona, 1999)
1969 was the year that a Bell’s Lab employee named Kenneth Thompson invented UNIX. Dennis Ritchie invented a new language called C for use with this new program. For the first 10 years, all work was done in AT&T’s Bell labs, but it wasn’t long before UNIX spread outside of AT&T, especially to universities with computer science programs. Version V6, in 1975, was the first version of UNIX that was broadly available outside of Bell Labs. This made it “easier for people outside the original group to add features and work on the UNIX source code. As a consequence UNIX was imbued with ...
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Before the introduction of Apple Technologies, PC’s and Androids were the most well-known products on the technological market, and that soon changed once Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak introduced their new toy to the public. Their “toy” will change the world forever weather they knew it or not.
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The various similarities and differences of Microsoft and Apple are clear. They both possess favorable traits that make them the two top competitors in the computer industry. Apple is favored because of its use-friendly interface, artistic software and it’s beautifully constructed design. Windows is favored over its affordability, compatibility; because of its versatility it is used by the majority of the computer -using population. Apple and Microsoft both provide well designed operating
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UNIX was first started off as a study development which gets involved with a few cooperative enterprises between Bell Laboratories, General Electric and MIT in 1969. Subsequently after the withdrawal of Bell Laboratories in 1969, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie still hold on to the project they have built. Some claim that they required the operating system to maintain their favorite pc games. Over the past UNIX continue to develop in becoming one of the most commonly used operating system in the world despite of the reasons for building it. It all begins when Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and others toiling with the “little-used PDP-7 in a junction” known as UNIX at Bell Labs in 1969. The UNIX V1 was created for text processing of clear-cut documents comes with an assembler was introduced in 1971.One of the usage of assembler is for the PDP-11/20. In 1973, UNIX V4 was altered into C language making it more movable and this transformed the history of OS. In 1975, UNIX V6 was developed and was the first version that used broadly in industry and academia. The seventh version of UNIX written in C, UUCP and t...
Apple is a leader in research, development, manufacturing and marketing computers for consumers, businesses, educational and government institutions. The company’s financial success can be attributed to their innovative products and marketing techniques that stress the importance that computers should "just work". During the last thirty-two years Apple has had its share of ups and downs, this essay will focus on major events from the company’s history, current events and their most significant products. ←Thesis goes here →
The debate between whether to buy Macintosh or buy a PC has been ongoing since Microsoft first introduced Microsoft Windows in November 1984. Apple Macintosh had developed its first personal computer, mouse and graphical user interface (GUI) in January of 1984. The debate has grown and has been the subject of many articles and even is the main high light of various websites. This frequently heated debate has even been compared to the Pepsi vs. Coke debate (Derene, 2009). While the rhetoric has continued the differences between these products has actually lessened, making it possible for some applications to be shared. Even the mechanics of the machines has become similar. Both use Intel processors, and both obtain many of their parts from the same supply companies. The operating systems of Windows Vista and Mac OSX Leopard are very similar when comparing multimedia, Internet and applications (Derene, 2009).
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
In this essay I will introduce a short history of the raise of the Apple Computer a company which exist to the present time, and produces personal computers and other electronic equipment such as very popular portable music players.
Since 1977, Apple Computers, Inc. has been a leader in the computer and technology industry. From the advent of the Apple II to the iPhone, Apple is a company known for innovation, vision, and transformation within the field. What began as a home-based operation in Menlo Park, California has transformed into a multi-billion dollar corporation with influence internationally (Encyclopedia Britannica 2008). The advancement for which much of today’s computer hardware and software are based, were developed by Apple.
Why the 1964 Operating System by IBM was so important to how computers are made today?
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From 1980 to 1996, Apple’s competitive range in the PC industry was rocky. Although Apples products were unique and well built, they were overpriced compared to competing products from IBM and others. As competitor prices dropped, Apple prices stayed the same and the company saw a decline in sales as customers opted to purchase from its competitors. John Sculley, former CEO of Apple, took many steps to improve the company’s competitive advantage. One of those steps was to compete with price by producing a low-cost computers that appealed to a mass-market. The second step was to form an alliance with rivals IBM and Novel in order to create new operating systems and applications...