Making Computers Do More with Less.
Modern personal computing can be frustrating. Operating systems and programs are complicated, and can interact with each other in unpredictable ways. The author presents his ideas on how to simplify. Operating systems should be small, simple, and efficient, occupying no more than 100 Mbytes. Simple...
| Publicado en: | Computer (00189162) Vol. 40; no. 12; pp. 124 - 127 |
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IEEE
Dec2007
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