Michael D. Ober wrote:
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"Martin 53N 1W" <ml_news@ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd> wrote in message

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The actual lineages for this feature are MIT's Project MAC which
developed MULTICS.  Bell Labs simplified MULTICS into UNIX, and in

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Thanks for the interesting summary.

(Must make some time to check out more of the linux optimisations (;-))

(There's lots more besides...)

It sounds like all modern OS's, Linux, Windows, Unix, and, yes, even
VMS, are converging in their feature sets, security, and robustness.

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no breakthrough development in Operating Systems since the mid 70s.

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(Postscript), and the GUI (with rodent) between 1973 and 1975. The

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Yes, I consider that despite the continued progress made in computer hardware components, the 'Human-Computer Interface' has badly stagnated.

For most people, computers are still too difficult to use and too time consuming. Worse still, they don't even work reliably due to whatever software 'problems' (errors or just usage complexity).

The general 'look and feel' has improved, but there's been no radical improvement beyond the 'obvious'.

Having your computer hijacked by the 'license department' or marketing people or spammers or some mere vandal is an unwelcome and expensive 'distraction' also.

(Note to the flamefest folk: This is a GENERAL 'computer science' bash!)


More KISS needed (:-))

Regards,
Martin