Now I have seen the notion "modern OS" several times.
I am getting a little confused (not really), but what is a modern OS? what does it require to be modern?
Surely it can't be surfing the net, that is not something the OS does. Is it all kind of eye candy? multi user OS? please do tell.
Well, I believe that a modern OS should have memory protection and segment the user space to make the OS more stable and secure.
The AmigaOS (1.0 to 3.x) was dependent on applications and programmers to write 'good citizen' code: The application would play nicely with the OS and other apps.
This would not fly today. You have to be very defensive to protect the OS and the user from malicious software. I'm not just talking malware and viruses but code that tries to steal your information/accounts/passwords/etc...
I think we are seeing that security is moving from a bolt on system (like putting guards outside your castle) to including security at the core OS (guards patrolling inside the castle). Lastly, segregation and sandboxing code from the OS.
Cheers!
-P
