Operating System Fundamentals (Charles River Media Computer Engineering) [Illustrated] [Paperback]

D Irtegov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 23, 2002 | Series: Charles River Media Computer Engineering

This comprehensive reference is written for software developers, operating system designers, and computer science students who need a conceptual background in operating systems. It provides an overview of the main tasks faced by operating system developers and teaches the primary methods used to solve common problems. Rather than focus on one particular operating system, the book discusses general concepts and illustrates them with specific examples and references from a variety of systems, including DOS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, UNIX, Linux, FreeBSD, Palm OS, IBM VM, OS/2, OS/390, and z/OS, and more. Understanding the classification of various formats, functions, processes, and architectures of these different operating systems is crucial for developing new systems or software that will run on these platforms.

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About the Author

D. Irtegov is an experienced system administrator and developer of real-time applications. He is also an instructor at Novosibirsk State University, where he has taught Operating Systems for six years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 497 pages
• Publisher: Charles River Media; 1 edition (October 23, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584502746
• ISBN-13: 978-1584502746
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,606,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Trash. Better to Look Elsewhere., November 14, 2007

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Bill E. Stivers Jr. "disaffected academic cur... (Santa Cruz, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Operating System Fundamentals (Charles River Media Computer Engineering) (Paperback)

The quantity of information in this book is spectacular, but the quantity of factual errors induced by a poor translation or by poor english skills on the part of the author is staggering. I suspect that Mr. (Dr.?) Irtegov's works in Russian- there seems to be at least one listed on Amazon- are quite spectacular, as there's an obvious intellect at work on the book.. but I'd seriously recommend to steer clear of this particular text due to its rambling, incoherent, and widely divergent level of quality from page to page.

Also- the publisher involved seems to have sanctioned one of their employees doing some dirty deeds to promote this book and others. This book is included in a list of "Best Engineering Books" in a recommendation list by a "Meg Dunkerley"- chock full of Charles River Media published titles.

A simple google search as of the time of this writing will reveal that Ms. Dunkerley is or was recently a PR person for Charles River Media- there's a name and phone number affiliated with the publisher attached to press releases by Charles River, with her name attached.. This is the sort of behavior I'd expect out of a vanity press, or a quasi-legal operation, not out of an imprint that has aspirations to compete with known reliable technical book sources.

There's nothing as of this writing at 11/14/07 at 10:05 Pacific Standard Time, to indicate that at any point Ms. Dunkerley disclosed her ties to the publisher anywhere here, or in the self-serving nature of the "recommendation" made by her list.

I'd steer clear of any book published by a publisher with such slapdash editing and morally questionable practices around listing and promotion of their books.

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, the editing could be better., October 12, 2006

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G Marian - See all my reviews

This review is from: Operating System Fundamentals (Charles River Media Computer Engineering) (Paperback)

However, the content is great.

The book provides a lot of information about the inner workings of operating systems. The chapters are well laid out; in a logical progression of topics. It provides examples from many operating systems, old and new (at the time of its writing).

I gave it 4 out of 5 stars because the editing is a bit poor. That said, the content made it worth the read.

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, July 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Operating System Fundamentals (Charles River Media Computer Engineering) (Paperback)

Was there an editor for this book? Enough said.