Operating Systems

Advanced Operating Systems

Development of Advanced Operating Systems

  1. Advanced operating systems will incorporate many improved features like automated or unattended network monitoring, automatic alarm notification, improved fault tolerance and reliability, improved traffic management and fewer network interruptions resulting in less user down time. The new systems will also sport easier to understand, more graphically based user interfaces.
  2. Recent advances in software engineering have made it possible for parallel processes to share the same bit of memory. This innovation in memory management allows a software package to be significantly simplified and made more reliable. Simpler software will make parallel computing more attractive.
  3. Microsoft will soon complete its multi-year effort to consolidate all of its 32 bit Windows operating systems into one advanced system.
  4. Note the increased popularity of non Microsoft operating systems (most notably UNIX variants like LINUX, Solaris and the Macintosh OS). UNIX variants will continue to dominate the enterprise server market.
  5. Microsoft has recently introduced a 64 bit version of its Windows Operating Systems. Despite intense competition from IBM and Sun Microsystems, we can expect Microsoft’s new product to be successful.
  6. It is reasonable to expect Jini based hardware and software to become more popular. As it does, it will tend to displace traditional operating systems.
  7. Internet scale Operating Systems will require small numbers of large servers to control things, large numbers of small hosts to carry out parallel computations; and developers who create software. They will also require uses who wish to avail themselves of services and are willing to pay for them; as well as a secure accounting system that can handle large numbers of barter trades or purchases (i.e. an advanced on-line credit system).
  8. Today’s peer to peer operating systems for clusters and grids will continue to mature and gain popularity.

Reference(s):
Based on an article in PC Week by Pankaj Chowdhry entitled Networks of Tomorrow (dated January 3, 2000)

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