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Studies in Informatics and Control
Vol. 7, No. 3, 1998

BOOK REVIEW - Operating Systems Design and Implementation

Pierre Radulescu- Banu
Abstract

This book constitutes a best-seller in the computer literature market. The main author, Andrew S. Tanenbaum is a worldwide authority in the area of operating systems, as well as in the domain of distributed architectures. He is the main author of MINIX operating system, and leads the research group involved in Amoeba and Paramecium projects. His current interests focus on the area of large distributed systems that scale to millions of users. The co-author. Albert S. Woodhull is a biologist, deeply involved in development of electronic instrumentation and related software. His interests focus on interactions of computers with other electronic systems.

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by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Albert S. Woodhull