Work Sheet

Do the following Problems.
  1. What are the major achievements (listed below are some possibilities) in operating systems work in the late 20th Century. (explain why do you think so) 1. Multi tasking 2. Time Sharing 3. File Sharing 4. Concurrency 5. Security 6. Networking.
  2. What are the major stumbling blocks (listed below are some of the possibilities) in the operating systems work in the late 20th Century. (explain why do you think so) 1. Speed 2. Portability 3. Bandwidth 4. Stability 5. UN-intuitive 6. Security 7. Too hard for application developer.
  3. What will be the operating system for the 21st century (listed below are some of the possibilities). (explain why do you think so) 1. Web-TV 2. OS based on Java 3. Windows NT 4. Unix based 5. Mac OS 6. DOS