Home›Software And Its Engineering›Field›Operating Systems SoftwareGroupOperating Systems SoftwareThis group gathers pioneers of software and its engineering whose primary contribution was an operating system, kernel or the system software that manages a computer hardware and resources, including time sharing systems, Unix and its descendants, microkernels, personal computer and mobile operating systems, and the file systems, shells and virtual memory schemes built into them. It follows the Operating Systems second-level heading of the ACM Computing Classification System under Software and its engineering. Their shared work is the software layer that runs a machine and manages its resources for every other program, as distinct from an application, a language or a network protocol.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1960 1Browse ByAll Operating Systems SoftwareOperating Systems Software52 entriesOperating Systems SoftwareFilter Results53 entriesSystem ClassAllOperating Systems Software (2)BornAll1926 (1)1930 (1)1934 (1)1937 (2)1940 (2)1942 (3)1943 (1)1944 (2)1950 (1)1951 (2)1953 (2)1954 (1)1957 (2)1959 (2)1961 (2)1962 (1)1963 (1)1966 (3)1967 (1)1968 (1)1969 (2)1972 (1)1973 (1)2000 (1)NationalityAllAustralia (1)Denmark (1)Finland (1)Germany (1)Hungary (1)Japan (1)Mexico (1)Turkey (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (33)Wikidata: Australia (2)StatusAllDiscontinued (1)Contribution KindAllAlgorithm (1)System (6)GroupAllOperating Systems Software (52)ACM AreaAllComputer Networking (1)Distributed Computing (1)Operating Systems (43)Software Engineering (1)AffiliationAllMicrosoft (1)MicroUnity (1)Red Hat (2)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1)University of Washington (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Alan Cox (computer programmer)Software And Its Engineering3 linksAlexia MassalinSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksAllan L. ScherrSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkAndrea Arpaci-DusseauSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksAndrew S. TanenbaumSoftware And Its Engineering5 linksAvie TevanianSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkBenjamin Mako HillSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksBill JoySoftware And Its Engineering4 linksBLIS/COBOLOperating SystemBrian FoxSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksCarl SassenrathSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksDaniel Murphy (computer scientist)Software And Its Engineering3 linksDarrell LongSoftware And Its EngineeringDave CutlerSoftware And Its Engineering3 linksEdward G. Coffman Jr.Software And Its EngineeringEvi NemethSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkFernando J. CorbatoSoftware And Its Engineering4 linksGary KildallSoftware And Its Engineering7 linksGennady Stolyarov ISoftware And Its EngineeringGernot HeiserSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkGlenda SchroederSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkHans ReiserSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkIan MurdockSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksIngo MolnárSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksJeff BonwickSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkJochen LiedtkeSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksJohn LionsSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkJudy ClappSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkKeith BosticSoftware And Its EngineeringKen SakamuraSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkKen ThompsonSoftware And Its Engineering10 linksKit CosperSoftware And Its EngineeringLinus TorvaldsSoftware And Its Engineering3 linksLynne JolitzSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkM. A. RothmanSoftware And Its EngineeringMarc McDonaldSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksMark BolzernSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkMary Allen WilkesSoftware And Its EngineeringMatthew DillonSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksMiguel de IcazaSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkOwen MockSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkPatrick VolkerdingSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkPaul CharltonSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksPeter J. DenningSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkPoul-Henning KampSoftware And Its Engineering3 linksRemzi Arpaci-DusseauSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkRichard RashidSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkRichard StallmanSoftware And Its Engineering4 linksStephen R. BourneSoftware And Its Engineering2 linksTerry A. DavisSoftware And Its Engineering1 linkShowing 1 to 50 of 53, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Mainframe computerWikimedia FoundationMainframe computer, lead section, 1960s architecture sentenceQuote, Mainframe computer, lead section, 1960s architecture sentenceMost large-scale computer-system architectures were established in the 1960s, but they continue to evolve.View the SourceBrian Fox (Wikipedia)Has Member: Brian Fox, Lead sectionQuote, Has Member: Brian Fox, Lead sectionHe is the original author of the GNU Bash shellView the SourceIan Murdock (Wikipedia)Has Member: Ian Murdock, Lead section [in-field]Quote, Has Member: Ian Murdock, Lead section [in-field]known for being the founder of the Debian project and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux companyView the SourceBLIS/COBOL (Wikipedia)Has Member: BLIS/COBOL, Lead sentenceQuote, Has Member: BLIS/COBOL, Lead sentenceis a discontinued operating systemView the SourceTony Tebby (Wikipedia)Has Member: Tony Tebby, LeadQuote, Has Member: Tony Tebby, LeadTony Tebby is a computer programmer and the designer of Qdos, the computer operating system used in the Sinclair QL personal computer, whileView the SourceOwen Mock (Wikipedia)Has Member: Owen Mock, LeadQuote, Has Member: Owen Mock, LeadOwen R. Mock was a computer software designer and programmer who pioneered computer operating systems in the 1950s. In 1954 Mock was part ofView the SourceWikipedia: Valerie AuroraHas Member: Valerie Aurora, Lead paragraphQuote, Has Member: Valerie Aurora, Lead paragraphAurora is also known within the Linux community for advocating new developments in filesystems in LinuxView the SourceLynne Jolitz (Wikipedia)Has Member: Lynne Jolitz, LeadQuote, Has Member: Lynne Jolitz, Leadshe created 386BSD, the first open-source Unix-based operating system for personal computers to be distributed over the InternetView the SourcePatrick Volkerding (Wikipedia)Has Member: Patrick Volkerding, Lead and infoboxQuote, Has Member: Patrick Volkerding, Lead and infoboxPatrick Volkerding (born October 20, 1966) is the founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution.View the SourceTransaction Management eXecutive (Wikipedia)Has Member: Transaction Management eXecutive, FeaturesQuote, Has Member: Transaction Management eXecutive, FeaturesIt was a multiuser, multitasking 32-bit operating system.View the SourceHans Reiser (Wikipedia)Has Member: Hans Reiser, Career sectionQuote, Has Member: Hans Reiser, Career sectionPrior to his incarceration, Reiser created the ReiserFS computer file systemView the SourceMiguel de Icaza (Wikipedia)Has Member: Miguel de Icaza, Career sectionQuote, Has Member: Miguel de Icaza, Career sectionOne of the earliest pieces of software he wrote for Linux was the Midnight Commander file manager in 1994View the SourceMarc McDonald (Wikipedia)Has Member: Marc McDonald, Lead, file system, in-groupQuote, Has Member: Marc McDonald, Lead, file system, in-groupits file system (a variant of FAT) influenced Tim Paterson's QDOSView the SourceAlan Cox (computer programmer) (Wikipedia)Has Member: Alan Cox (computer programmer), Involvement in the Linux kernel, in-groupQuote, Has Member: Alan Cox (computer programmer), Involvement in the Linux kernel, in-groupHe then became one of the main developers and maintainers of the whole kernel.View the SourceIngo Molnár (Wikipedia)Has Member: Ingo Molnár, Work, kernel contributionsQuote, Has Member: Ingo Molnár, Work, kernel contributionsSome of his additions to the Linux kernel includeView the SourceBenjamin Mako Hill (Wikipedia)Has Member: Benjamin Mako Hill, Debian, in-groupQuote, Has Member: Benjamin Mako Hill, Debian, in-groupSince 1999, Hill has been an active member of Debian.View the SourceAlexia Massalin (Wikipedia)Has Member: Alexia Massalin, Lead, Synthesis kernel, in-groupQuote, Has Member: Alexia Massalin, Lead, Synthesis kernel, in-groupdesigned the Synthesis kernel, a small kernel with a Unix compatibility layerView the SourcePaul Charlton (Wikipedia)Has Member: Paul Charlton, Timeline, Carbon APIQuote, Has Member: Paul Charlton, Timeline, Carbon APICarbon API for Mac OSView the SourceDaniel Murphy (computer scientist) (Wikipedia)Has Member: Daniel Murphy (computer scientist), Biography, TOPS-20Quote, Has Member: Daniel Murphy (computer scientist), Biography, TOPS-20heading the team responsible for the development of the TOPS-20 operating systemView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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