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| Author: | Gibson, M.L. Windsor, J.C. |
| Title: | PC-DOS: The next "de facto" standard for micro-computer operating systems |
| Journal: | Journal of Systems Management
1986 : JUL, VOL. 37:7, p.6-10 |
| Index terms: | MICROCOMPUTERS STANDARDS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | With the increasing use of micro-computer in the office,demand for standardization based on software operating system has been emerged. In spite of the desire for micro-computer operating systems standard operating systems have had to emerge through attrition from the crowd of available operating systems. In the early 1970s CP/M operating system written by Digital Research became the first "de facto" standard. With the change of software-vendors in the period of 1981-83 CP/M was replaced by Microsoft developed MS-DOS. In the mid-80s IBM and other giants as AT&T have appeared in the micro-computer market. In spite of competitive candidates (such as UNIX) it is likely that MS-DOS will eventually be replaced by PC-DOS developed by IBM... |
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