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By Adrian Kosmaczewski, May 5th, 2025
Welcome to the 80th issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about Windows. In this edition, we deplore the sad state of the Windows operating system; in the Library section, we review “The Old New Thing” by Raymond Chen; and in our Vidéothèque section, we learn about how the Longhorn project derailed through Dave Plummer.
By Adrian Kosmaczewski, July 1st, 2024
Welcome to the 70th issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about DOS. In this edition, we gather in loving memory to celebrate the legacy of a bygone category of operating systems; in the Library section, we browse the pages of "Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia"; and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch the "Gary Kildall Special" episode of the "Computer Chronicles"
By Adrian Kosmaczewski, May 1st, 2023
Welcome to the fifty-sixth issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about Operating Systems. In this edition, we analyze the aftermath of the Kernel Wars of the 1980s and 90s; in the Library section, we review "Operating System Concepts" by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, and Greg Gagne; and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch a demo of the IBM 1401, a computer without operating system, by Ken Ross and Paul Laughton.