An operating system to manage batteries would work much like an operating system for your computer or cell phone: it coordinates the communications between the hardware and the apps to make sure the various programs, such as those for taking photos and browsing the Internet in the case of cell phones, are running well and do not interfere with each other.
And all of a sudden your relatively old refrigerator or air conditioner doesn't work because the new operating system isn't backward-compatible with the systems in these devices.
As well as championing open standards, he is also interested in the open source movement and says Domino will be able to work with the Linux free Operating System.
Those documents were a long time coming, but they have now forced Microsoft to show other software makers how their programs can work with its ubiquitous Windows operating system.
This is because while it was always claimed, indeed stated, that the new version of the operating system would work on older machines, it never did at anything above geological era type speeds.
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You know, if you're developing applications, which operating system do you work for first?
One site used in the attacks appears to be called iPhone Dev SDK, a forum for developers who work with Apple's mobile operating system.
Only the work horses of servers and its operating system software hold their primacy, but with computer hardware shipments in decline, even software profits could be challenged.
Lately, Intel has supported OLPC, though this week said it would leave its board, and Microsoft is trying to tweak Windows XP, an earlier operating system, to work on the XO.
At its best, the result adds some much needed life to an all-work-and-no-play operating system.
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But it is the way the Sugar operating system lets the user work that's so clever.
The BlackBerry 10 operating system will still emphasize work productivity with a BlackBerry Hub feature that collects e-mail and other messages in one spot.
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This means that, once an operating system is dominant, developers have little reason to make their applications work with other operating systems.
This means it will not work with the latest version of the mobile operating system version 4.1 which is also known as Jelly Bean.
And its next-generation operating system, Copland, which is designed to work with both Macintosh and IBM-compatible machines, is due to be launched next year.
In addition, the two companies will work to foster a developer community through Google App Engine and the Android operating system.
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Microsoft reached an agreement that will allow its Windows operating system, with which most people are familiar, to work with the open source Linux system used by rival Novell.
They also say they're reluctant to commit to Windows Phone until Microsoft clarifies whether apps will work with future software releases, including Windows 8, the next computer operating system expected this year for desktops and tablets.
Not only is the operating system no longer managing the hardware, thanks to the work of VMware and Citrix, but as applications continue move to the Web operating systems are also losing relevance on the software side to the browser.
The keynote address also highlighted other Microsoft efforts, including Windows Phone 7 and the Windows PC operating system, which is in the process of being upgraded to work on a range of devices, including buzz-worthy tablet computers.
Aspiring application developers will develop for smartphone vendors and companies that provide Internet-based applications, because most innovative work will be done in that domain, instead of designing applications that run on a PC operating system.
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Ubuntu is the most popular operating system to be based on the Linux kernel - the code that lets software and hardware work together.
In the Mac world, where Apple controls hardware, operating system, software, and all my iOS devices, an upgrade can make them all work better together.
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One way to accomplish this goal is to work with Alibaba, the Chinese search, social networking, and eCommerce company, which has its own smartphone operating system, Aliyun.
Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, which came out last fall, enables touch-screen controls so desktop and laptop computers work more like tablets.
As Windows 8 has been developed to work well with portable devices such as tablets, Microsoft has been working to create an ecosystem of apps for the operating system.
The device will work with multiple flavors of Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) Windows operating system, including Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000 and ME.
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