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Operating Systems of the Future

Posted by timothy on from the at-last-nirvana dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "'Imagine computers in a group providing disk storage for their users, transparently swapping files and optimizing their collective performance, all with no central administration.' Computerworld is predicting that over the next 10 years, operating systems will become highly distributed and 'self-healing,' and they'll collaborate with applications, making application programmers' jobs easier."

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  1. Crazy users and VBS scripts by satterth · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happens when some user click on a VBS script ?

    I image great horrors as the whole cluster goes down in a mass emailing.

    /satterth

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  2. OS's will be so smart in 10 years..... by 8string · · Score: 5, Funny
    Farsite is just one of several projects at Microsoft Research and other labs around the world that will render operating systems all but unrecognizable in 10 years. Farsite embodies several characteristics--such as fault tolerance, self-tuning and robust security--that will distinguish operating systems of the future.

    So, Bill is finally going to release a version of windows that will automatically simulate pressing ctrl-alt-delete when it blue screens.

    Many people would say it's MS's customers that have been fault tolerant.
    <rimshot!>
  3. And they're called by gorilla · · Score: 3, Funny

    VAX Clusters.

  4. I already can't find a job by hendridm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh great. It's already impossible to find a job with my measly bachelor's degree and now I have self-healing computers to look forward to. I should studied accounting...

  5. Druthers by r_j_prahad · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't need a self-healing computer nearly as much as I need a self-painting house and a self-mowing lawn. And my wife could sure as heck use a self-fueling car.

  6. Borg Time... by PHAEDRU5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me see if I've got this straight:

    1. /. story about Microsoft getting legal permission to take over your computer, as part of a EULA.

    2. ComputerWorld story that includes a line about how Microsft sees the computer of the future as one giant logical system with many small partitions.

    Is anyone else joining the dots like I am?

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  7. Seems like a good idea... by Arcanix · · Score: 4, Funny

    I assume Microsoft will be releasing the source code and freely distributing Farsite so I support this project.

  8. Brrr... by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...operating systems...and they'll collaborate with applications...

    Windows Inheritance: "Psst. You crouch behind j.user's legs and I'll give him a push."
    Clippy 5000: "OK"
    *SHOVE*-splat!
    Software: "Have a nice trip? See you next Fall! Muahaha!"

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