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3. Identify/ discuss Microsoft’s approach to development of

computer systems and other related technology (IBM, PC,

Windows Operating Systems, other)

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some of the most prominent ongoing developments,

advances, and innovations in various fields of modern

technology Today, the importance of understanding the

intended users when designing interactive computer

systems is widely acknowledged, but as recently as 1980 it

received little emphasis. In most major systems

development companies, the basic organizational

structures and development processes were defined in an

earlier era, when the dialogue between computer systems

and computer users did not have to be considered

During the 1960s, IBM\'s OS/360 introduced the concept of

a single OS spanning an entire product line, which was

crucial for the success of the System/360 machines. IBM\'s

current mainframe operating systems are distant

descendants of this original system and applications

written for OS/360 can still be run on modern

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machines.OS/360 also pioneered the concept that the

operating system keeps track of all of the system

resources that are used, including program and data space

allocation in main memory and file space in secondary

storage, and file locking during update. When the process

is terminated for any reason, all of these resources are re-

claimed by the operating system.

The alternative CP-67 system for the S/360-67 started a

whole line of IBM operating systems focused on the

concept of virtual machines. Other operating systems used

on IBM S/360 series mainframes included systems

developed by IBM: COS/360 (Compatibility Operating

System), DOS/360 (Disk Operating System),TSS/360

(Time Sharing System), TOS/360 (Tape Operating

System), BOS/360 (Basic Operating System), and ACP

(Airline Control Program), as well as a few non-IBM

systems: MTS (Michigan Terminal System), MUSIC (Multi-

User System for Interactive Computing), and ORVYL

(Stanford Timesharing System)

Microsoft Windows is a family of proprietary operating

systems designed by Microsoft Corporation and primarily

targeted to Intel architecture based computers, with an

estimated 88.9 percent total usage share on Web

connected computers The latest version is Windows 10.In

2011, Windows 7 overtook Windows XP as most common

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3. Identify/ discuss Microsoft’s approach to development of computer systems and other related technology (IBM, PC, Windows Operating Systems, other) Solution some of the most prominent ongoing developments, advances, and innovations in various fields of modern technology Today, the importance of understanding the intended users when designing interactive computer systems is widely acknowledged, but as recently as 1980 it received little emphasis. In most major systems development companies, the basic organizational structures and development processes were defined in an earlier era, when the dialogue between computer systems and computer users did not have to be considered During the 1960s, IBM\'s OS/360 introduced the concept of a single OS spanning an entire product line, which was crucial for the success of the System/360 machines. IBM \'s current mainframe operating systems are distant descendants of this original system and applications written for OS/360 can still be run on modern machines.OS/360 also pioneered the concept that the operating system keeps track of all of the system resources that are used, including program and data space allocation in main memory and f ...
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