terms/licensing. 4. What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU? What is Linux? Which parts of the Linux operating system did each provide? Who else has helped build and refine this operating system? Answer: GNU stands for "GNU’S Not Unix"‚ and it was designed to be a UNIX-like operating system developed by Richard Stallman. Linux is the name of operating system kernel developed by Linus Torvalds. GNU’s tools aside the Linux kernel make the operating system known as “Linux” aka “GNU/Linux”. Thousands
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programmers and hardware manufactures exchanged the source code to give everyone the chance to improve the code and build up on it. In the mid 1980’s Richard Stallman started the Free Software Foundation‚ an organization that developed the “GNU ’s Not Unix” (GNU) system‚ an operation system that is compatible with
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science programs‚ ensuring that computer science students became familiar with it. Because UNIX was such an advanced development system‚ the students became acclimated to a sophisticated programming environment. As these students graduated and went into industry‚ they expected to work in a similarly advanced environment. As more of them worked their way up the ladder in the commercial world‚ the UNIX operating system found its way into industry The source code for the operating system is
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STEP: 1 Identify the firm’s existing vision‚ mission objective and strategies of the Sun Microsystems Company. VISION “Everyone and everything connected to the network.” MISSION “Solve complex network computing problems for governments‚ enterprises‚ and service provider.” STEP: 2 Develop vision & mission statements for the Sun Microsystems Company. VISION “The Better Connection” MISSION “Provide our customers with innovative solutions for complex networking problems
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Option 1- File Access The first version of UNIX had a file access scheme where the users where assigned a UID known as a user identification number. The user was also apart many groups but had a main group. The groups where identified by a group id‚ so as files were created they were assigned to a user that had that particular id attached to the user. The file is also put in a specific group; this would be the creator where it originated or the parent directory. Within the file
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Running head: COMPARE AND CONTRAST UNIX AND WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS Compare and Contrast UNIX and Windows Operating Systems Debra Avent‚ William Brown‚ Antonio Gilbert and Nicole Wojasinski University of Phoenix Intro There are many operating systems in use today. In this paper we are going to compare and contrast UNIX and Windows. What is this UNIX and how does it compare and contrast with the Microsoft Windows operating system? UNIX ’s biggest advantage is that its source is available
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become a problem between all users. Examples of co-operative multi tasking would be Windows 3x and Macintosh. Pre-emptive is when the applications are forced to share the CPU whether they want to or not and examples of this are Windows 95‚ NT and UNIX. How print sharing operates? NOS - A print server allows multiple users access to a single printer. A print server will also give you information on the use of the printer. All print jobs are sent to a Network Printer‚ controlled by the server
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starts in 1991‚ Linux is following in the footsteps of Windows. But if we consider the hereditary connection between Linux and Unix‚ the story of Linux now starts in 1969‚ and Windows becomes the challenger following in the footsteps of Unix. When you look at the history of AT&T and Microsoft you start to see a lot of parallels. AT&T and Microsoft both managed Unix and Windows as a proprietary platforms. AT&T and Microsoft both faced major regulatory challenges with AT&T’s forced breakup in
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become accustomed to so many choices. One of the major choices in the modern era is the “Operating System (OS)”. Operating systems are the central software component to any computer. The main brands of operating system are; Windows Mac OS‚ Sun Solaris‚ UNIX‚ DOS and Linux. Each brand has its own take on what makes up an operating system. Windows is the most commonly used operating system around the world. The most common advantage about Windows is its simplicity. It is now very easy for an inexperienced
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What is o.s? An operating System (OS) is an intermediary between users and computer hardware. It provides users an environment in which a user can execute programs conveniently and efficiently. In technical terms‚ it is software which manages hardware. An operating System controls the allocation of resources and services such as memory‚ processors‚ devices and information . Definition An operating system is a program that acts as an interface between the user and the computer hardware
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