On computer science history cycle
0 Comments Published by Thiago Emmanuel on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 10:41 AM.

" ... After the sucess of the CTSS system, M.I.T., Bell Labs, and General Eletric (then a major computer manufacturer) decided to embark on the development of a "computer utility", a machine that would support some hundreds of simultaneous timesharing users. Their model was the electricity system - when you need eletric power, you just stick a plug in the wall, and within reason, as much power as you need will be there. The designers of this system, kwnon as MULTICS (MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service), envisioned one huge machine providing computing power for everyone in the Boston area. The ideia that machines 10,000 times faster than their GE-465 mainframe would be sold (for well under $1000) by the millions only 40 years later was pure science fiction ... "
Modern Operating Systems,Third Edition,
by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Modern Operating Systems,Third Edition,
by Andrew S. Tanenbaum