Operating system design: towards a holistic approach?

  • Authors:
  • John R Nicol;Gordon S Blair;Jonathan Walpole

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computing, University of Lancaster, UK;Department of Computing, University of Lancaster, UK;Department of Computing, University of Lancaster, UK

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review
  • Year:
  • 1987

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Abstract

Recent years have marked the beginning of a new era for operating systems. Distributed computing is clearly one dimension of this. We argue that qualitative issues add a second major dimension. These changes will have a profound effect on operating system design. In this short paper, we present a personal view of what the response to these changes should be. The argument is supported by our experiences in the design of the Cosmos distributed operating system.