SunWorld: Emergence of the ‘unoperating system’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 4, 1999

“The OS as we know it is fading away — How is Sun setting the
course?”

“The operating system concept many of us grew up with is due for
a change. The systemwide, monolithic operating systems we know
today will probably soon be replaced by independent, heterogeneous
collections of operating system-type services distributed on
devices throughout the enterprise. Sun promises to be a major
player in the transition…”

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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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