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Network operating systems still in-use? Can anyone list them and share info or links on specs?
I need a highly experienced networking guru to help me find references on ALL network operating systems still in-use, not just the common ones everyone in IT knows about. If possible please share links or references. If all my options for a NOS were on the table, what would they be? Thanks in advance for sharing!
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- There are too many to list, but most are very limited. Some people would include Unix and Linux, but these can also be used with a single computer and terminals, so they are networks in only the broadest sense of the term. These are sometimes called Application/Server networks. Concurrent DOS is too old for most applications. For LANs, WANs and P2P: Novel (especially 4.0 and above) Microsoft Windows in various versions, peer to peer and client server. IBM OS2 Warp Mac - OS X can link peer to peer. There are many minor OS's. but few fail to offer much in the way of long term support. Many of these come and go in a year or two. The order for choice of OS is FIRST know what applications you need to run. THEN, determine what OS's will run the applications. Finally, pick the best network that will allow the OS to run.
