Retrospective on DACNOS

  • Authors:
  • Kurt Geihs;Ulf Hollberg

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM European Networking Center, Heidelberg, Germany;IBM European Networking Center, Heidelberg, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1990

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Abstract

Heterogeneity of hardware and software is a fact in most distributed computing environments. The DACNOS prototype is a network operating system that enables resource sharing in such environments. It extends the local operating systems without interfering with existing programs. It provides comprehensive system level support for distributed applications.