Operating System overview
The OSDP provides the following information for all interested persons. At first the basic knowledge can be viewed or a certain area about operating systems. Or you choose at first a company and take a look at their operating systems.

Basic knowledge
What is a RISC/CISC architecture or platform?
What is an operating system and how is the market shared?
Where can I find the explanation about the terms?
What are file systems and how different are these?
What is the operating system core or so called kernel?
Where can I find some references for information purposes?

Operating systems
The 8-bit operating system CP/M and its 16-bit successors
Information about the 16-bit operating system DOS
What does AmigaOS make so unique?
Development of BeOS and its successor
Overview of the Windows operating systems
How has OS/2 arisen and where it is current?
MVS, OS/390, z/OS operating system
Survey of the BSD variants
Which special features does RISC OS have?
Information about UNIX and derivatives
For which intended purpose is NetWare suited particularly well?
What kind of operating system is Plan 9?
Development of Linux and the distributions
In which relation do NeXTStep and Darwin stand to Mac OS?
Why is Unicos particularly suitable for supercomputers?
Which qualities does QNX have?
Details on smaller projects, older operating systems and use in automobiles
Which operating systems are there for the PDA?

Companies/developer of operating systems
How did the web sites of the companies look like earlier?
News related to operating systems and companys in review
Information about the Mac OS manufacturer Apple
Historical to AT&T and UNIX
Details on Be and its operating system BeOS
Company history of the supercomputer manufacturer Cray
Informations about Digital Research
Business fields and operating systems of Hewlett Packard
Linus Torvalds and Linux history
Rise of IBM and its operating systems
How did Microsoft get so successful with Windows?
Foundation and software solutions of Novell
Company development of SCO - Santa Cruz Operation
Specialization of Silicon Graphics
Over Sun Microsystems and its operating systems

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