Operating Systems, Third Edition
Department of Computer Science
University of Colorado
Copyright 2004, 928 pages.
This is the author's supplementary web page for technical material
where we attempt to keep URLs for technical material up to date.
The Addison Wesley Companion Website provides the book's
Student and Instructor Resources.
contains the list of errors that I know about in the third edition,
first printing of the book.
If you have found an error, PLEASE describe it to me rather than just
sending me (or otherwise posting) a flame that says what a bozo you think
Operating systems technology is a rapidly changing technology.
The most recent information about the technology exists on the web.
As a supplement to the material in the book, we attempt to provide
current links to relevant materials.
- Kerberos. You can find the kerberos
- PGP. You can learn more about PGP
at this site. You can also download PGP freeware here.
There are several places on the web to look for information about Linux:
Mark Russinovich's Windows OS
site is an excellent source of information on Windows operating systems.
- Mach. This
was important in that it was the first
really different (from UNIX) implementaion of the POSIX interface.
- Chorus. The
was acquired by Sun Microsystems, and is now
marketed as one of their products.
- Multics. This OS was so popular among a small group of
followers, that even though the last site was shut down in October, 2000,
pictures, and a bibligraphy. Start
if you want to learn more about Multics.
- POSIX Threads. Here are a couple of sites that describe