Ever since I first used a Mac in the mid eighties, and its amazing Commodore 64 knockoff GEOS (a working GUI in 64k, on a 1 Mhz processor, and the slowest floppy drive known to man), I've been fascinated by the power and potential of graphical operating systems.
With the release of Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther", I thought it would be a good time to take a general view at mass operating systems over the years, and take some time to think about where we are in the evolution of human-computer interaction. To support that, there's a new category here at Industrie Toulouse, OS (de)Evolution. It's already populated with some entries from the archives, and more will find their way in there, I'm sure.
I call it (de)Evolution because our steps forward and back are nearly impossible to track now. Some great ideas have slowly been lost over the years, other ideas are working out fine. So who has the best drive, ideas, and platform for new direction? Apple? Microsoft? The Open Source community? I plan to investigate this and more in the upcoming OS (de)Evolution articles.