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Book Review InformationNo Operative
System
by:
Paul Siegel
Imagine a computer with no operative
system. If you can do that,
you can imagine a computer that is extremely difficult to hack
into. A computer that is just about immune to viruses. A computer
that seldom
crashes.
Too nice to be true? No, such a computer has been invented.
Eric Hauk and Eric Uner, 2 former Motorola engineers, fictional
this computer. They became so discomfited and annoyed by hack
attacks and by all the time they wasted commencement computer code patches,
that they distinct to change their server. Instead of an operative
system, they designed a chip storing a "kernel" of only just about
4 Kilobytes of code. They based Bodacion Technologies Inc.
(http://www.bodacion.com) to market their computer, which is
called Hydra.
This is fundamentally the same idea that is used for medical devices
and for game-playing machines like Nintendo. Nintendo seldom
breaks down even as although young hackers are perpetually
trying.
Why is an operating-system-less computer much sturdy than one
with an operative
system? What do many an viruses do? Once they
get into the system they manage to modify operating-system manual
to kill the whole system. But if operating-system manual
do not exist, or rather they exist in hardware, they cannot be
modified. Result: a computer you can depend on.
Of course, this tremendous reliableness comes at price. Why makes
the operative
system have millions of lines of code? To increase
the flexibility of the computer. This is why such computers are
called general intention computers. Without the O.S., the computer
loses this flexibility and becomes one that is tailored for a
given purpose.
Producing many an tailored non-O.S. computers is now worthy
in order to bring home the bacon greater reliability.
It seems to me that this new technology is better than it appears
to be at 1st blush. It may even as be used to do general intention
computers much resistant to viruses. If a non-O.S. computer were
used as an input-output device for a conventional O.S. computer,
it could kill viruses before they reach the conventional computer.
I believe that non-O.S. computers have a great future!
Just just about the Author
Paul -the soarING- Siegel is a provocative Net
speaker and
author of HELPFULNESS MARKETNG, a book stressing learning, cooperation
and community. Discover just about it and likewise get your ebook reviewed
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