OSNews: Designing the Operating System of Tomorrow | Linux Today

OSNews: Designing the Operating System of Tomorrow

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 8, 2004

“If you visit OSNews once in a while, you will of course know
everything about the present and about the future of operating
systems. Somewhere between 2005 and 2007, Microsoft will release
Windows codename Longhorn, and until that happens Gnome and KDE
need to fill the gap between themselves and Windows XP. And if
everything goes well, they will implement some Longhorn features as
well. On the other side, we have the innovative Mac OS X. It is the
user-friendliest computer system on earth, built on UNIX and has
OpenGL acceleration of the screen.

“Wait. Read that again, and think for yourself: how much
innovation has there been and will there be? Let’s start with Gnome
and KDE…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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