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OS Core Functions
What do I need my personal computer operating system to do for me?

Provide a consistent, abstract representation of my machine hardware that my software applications run on. My software applications just can't handle the hardware complexity otherwise.
Recognize and accomodate new hardware when it is added.
Facilitate the installation and execution of my software applications that process, manipulate, store and organize my personal information.
Provide a graphical user interface that shows the current state of both my machine and my software applications. As a human being, I can most easily visualize ideas using images and structured text.
Always be ready to execute any of my software applications, even if others are currently executing. I can drive and sing at the same time, so why shouldn't my machine be able to multitask as well?
Provide a way for me to graphically copy a piece of my personal information from one executing software application and paste it into another.
Provide a standard way for my software applications to send messages to one another.
Prevent other people from accessing my software applications and personal information.
Provide low-level graphical and/or text-based tools for configuration, monitoring and health maintenance.


What don't I want my personal computer operating system to do?

Remember or monitor my activity.
Be pre-installed on a machine.
Require special activation that is dependent on any type of network.
Include unremovable low-level middleware that I may or may not use.
Include unremovable high-level applications that I may or may not use.
Crash, hang, become confused, become non-responsive or die.
Execute any program or service without my permission.
Communicate with any network without my permission.
Posted by: gas_z   Posted on: 04/01/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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here's an idea for security...  ryusen | 03/31/04
Don't forget to..  FreeBSD | 03/31/04
Don't forget to..  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
fyi  michael-t | 03/31/04
fyi  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
what?  V Sanders | 03/31/04
your exception is not alone...  ryusen | 03/31/04
Don't expect much "innovation" until DOJ times out  oldskool | 03/31/04
here's an idea for security...  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
This is fairly easy to do now.  jfrankcarr | 03/31/04
but...  ryusen | 03/31/04
One step I did leave out  jfrankcarr | 03/31/04
"evolving threat models"  FreeBSD | 03/31/04
"evolving threat models"  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
Password protect software installation  Chad_z | 03/31/04
Password protect software installation  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
Perhaps you missed the first 50 years of computing?  oldskool | 03/31/04
Perhaps you missed the first 50 years of computing?  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
I hear you talking  bjbrock | 03/31/04
Oh, really!!  Don Bradley | 03/31/04
are you suggesting that Microsoft lied, and that they can remove these apps  hipparchus | 03/31/04
Not my claim  Don Bradley | 03/31/04
I love my windows as much as the next  V Sanders | 03/31/04
You either don't understand or are ducking issues  oldskool | 03/31/04
No Truth Stretching at all  Don Bradley | 03/31/04
Listen up, OS technology predates MS, that's where they copied it from  oldskool | 03/31/04
Listen up, OS technology predates MS, that's where they copied it from  seosamh_z | 04/01/04
OS Core Functions  gas_z | 04/01/04
I think some of you are not getting this right.  Heatlesssun | 03/31/04
you can either trust the user  V Sanders | 03/31/04
MS does weld stuff into the OS to avoid remedies  oldskool | 03/31/04
Where are you getting this stuff?  Don Bradley | 03/31/04
Not in the kernel ... yet? or Never?  oldskool | 03/31/04
Not in the kernel ... yet? or Never?  seosamh_z | 04/01/04
At last! We have some numbers to show (after three years ....)  michael-t | 03/31/04
Your grade is still an "F" Billy  Chad_z | 03/31/04
MS's attempts to controll user choice is the problem  oldskool | 03/31/04
Some clown released the memo a day early..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 03/31/04
Smells like more DRM on the way...  Zogg | 04/01/04
SP2 addresses all of this  Enterprise Analyst | 04/01/04

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