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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.
FORBES: Energy Storage: It's All About The Software
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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.
CNN: Home, sweet networked home
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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.
BBC: By Internet Correspondent Chris Nuttall