CS361: Operating System

Denis Tsurkan - ComputerWorld 1997

Windows

• Upcoming Win 96 interace combines OS and Browser. <- Web View
• Windows NT 4.0 patch causes more issues than it fixes (Jan. 13 1997)
• Rogue activeX components (Feb. 24 1997)
• Microsoft pushes for 32-bit (Mar. 10 1997)
• Telnet vulnurability at port 135 (Mar. 10 1997)
• Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 has glitches (May. 26 1997)

Java

• Microsoft J++ against the spirit of Java (Jan. 13 1997)
• NASA uses Java applet to distribute pictures of Mars surface (Jul. 14 1997)

Internet

• Running ads on the intranets (Jan. 27 1997)
• US Robotics to ship first 56k modem for $200-250, where as Motorola will sell theirs for $159-199
• Plans for wireless internet (Apr. 7 1997)
• Monitoring tools track employee internet activity (Apr. 7 1997)
• Infoseek to use targetted ads (Jun. 2 1997)
• UPS strike boosts the use of e-mail. (Aug. 25 1997)

Legal

• There is also a lawsuit pending on US Robotics for pattent infringement (Mar. 3 1997)
• Licencing agreement law to limit the liability of the developer (Mar. 12 1997)
• U.S. Internet inc. owes more than $100,000 in unpaid taxes (Jun. 16 1997)
• Federal injuction ordering microsoft to stop requiring IE to be bundled with Windows (Dec. 15 1997)

Miscellaneous

• NASA uses server clustering and Distributed File Systems (Mar. 3 1997)
• Wal-Mart using data mining to optimize their inventory (May. 26 1997)
• 56-bit digital encoding scheme cracked by brute force (Jun. 23 1997)

Jobs

• Outsourcing year 2000 fixes (Jan. 20 1997)
• Network administrator director/manager starting 61,000/51,000

Stocks Feb. 10 1997, pg 99 - Apr. 23 2012, market close

• Cisco $62.00 - $19.68
• AOL $36 - $24.75
• Yahoo $30.63 - $15.33
• Digital $35.13 - N/A
• Intel $155.13 - $27.45
• Motorola $65.75 - $48.59
• Texas Instruments $79 - $31.89
• Apple $16.00 - $571.70
• Microsoft $98.63 - $32.12