VMware wants to build the next generation applications independent of a general purpose operating system.

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By incorporating software that allows traditional files to be stored and managed by the database, Oracle 8i also removes the need for a big, all-purpose operating system, such as Windows 2000.

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The Little Devil chassis used for the purpose of this demo has an LED screen displaying the -40-degree operating temperature, but you won't need it: the system automatically shuts down if it gets too cold, and it won't boot into Windows until Phase Change is up and running.

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OtherOS enabled the machine to run Linux, the alternative operating system to Microsoft Windows and Apple OS. Running Linux essentially turned the PS3 from a single-purpose gaming console into a desktop computer, which people could use to write programs.

NEWYORKER: Machine Politics

But if the firm is still imprisoned in the assumptions of shareholder capitalism, then the sales unit focused on noble customer purpose will be operating like an oasis in an unfriendly desert.

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The Commission has lost its sense of purpose as its organizational structure and traditional manner of operating have become increasingly inappropriate to pursuing its stated mission, i.e.

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The computer Brownell came up with was built using general-purpose Intel chips and Windows and Linux operating systems.

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