Title :
Operating system directions for the next Millennium
Author :
Bolosky, William J. ; Draves, Richard P. ; Fitzgerald, Robert P. ; Fraser, Christopher W. ; Jones, Michael B. ; Knoblock, Todd B. ; Rashid, Rick
Author_Institution :
Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA, USA
Abstract :
We believe it is time to reexamine the operating system´s role in computing. Operating systems exist to create an environment in which compelling applications come to life. They do that by providing abstractions built on the services provided by hardware. We argue that advances in hardware and networking technology enable a new kind of operating system to support tomorrow´s applications. Such an operating system would raise the level of abstraction for developers and users, so that individual computers, file systems, and networks become unimportant to most computations in the same way that processor registers, disk sectors, and physical pages are today
Keywords :
computer networks; operating systems (computers); technological forecasting; abstraction; abstractions; disk sectors; file systems; networking technology; next Millennium; operating system directions; operating system role; physical pages; processor registers; Application software; Computer networks; Data security; Fault tolerance; File systems; Hardware; Operating systems; Physics computing; Programming profession; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Operating Systems, 1997., The Sixth Workshop on Hot Topics in
Conference_Location :
Cape Cod, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7834-8
DOI :
10.1109/HOTOS.1997.595191
