hi everyone i'm in 11th grade n my teacher is making me write a research paper, and I could not think of anything so I was like ok "most important software"; and now I must argue why. so far my thesis states that the most important software is the operating system because it is always expanding to the users needs, it allows the user to configurate the PC how he wants it and because without it you can not really do much with the computer.

I was just wondering if you guys could give me some info maybe tell me some better supporting details or if you think something else is the most important software, whatever is on your mind any feedback can help me I have to write a pretty long paper on this so I got to get more ideas. thanks I would have to agree that the OS is by far the most important software running on your computer. Without it your computer would not be able to work.

However, if you need something else besides the OS another important type of software would be software drivers, which is software that allows hardware devices to function on the computer. Without drivers your computer would also not work as you wouldn't be able to interact with any of your hardware peripherals such as your keyboard/mouse/display/printer/cd-rom/etc.good to know that someone agrees with me I am probably going to have to focus on my main idea about the OS; thanks for the drivers info though, i'll probably add that info in the essay but I do not want to get off topic. I have a feeling it's gonna be tough getting 6-8 pages on this topic but I am gonna have to do it lol if anyone else has anything else they can add i'll be checking to see.
I think that for the supporting detail "it is always expanding to the users needs" i'll probably compare XP Pro and Vista hopefully I can get some good stuff there if you guys know what I am saying or go back to one of the old windows and talk about how it has evolved you know, whatever I got to do to make it 6-8 pages, hehh. thanks CHAdmin for your response WikipediaQuote from: Nugi on October 19, 2007, 08:03:41 PM

... I have a feeling it's gonna be tough getting 6-8 pages on this topic ...

...I think that for the supporting detail "it is always expanding to the users needs" ....or go back to one of the old windows and talk about how it has evolved you know, whatever I got to do to make it 6-8 pages, ...

Actually, I believe he bought it from somebody else

MS-DOS began as QDOS (for Quick and Dirty Operating System), written by Tim Paterson for computer manufacturer Seattle Computer Products (SCP) in 1980. It was marketed by SCP as 86-DOS because it was designed to run on the Intel 8086 processor. 86-DOS function calls were BASED on the dominant CP/M-80 operating system, written by Digital Research, but it used a different file system. Paterson allegedly wrote it because he liked CP/M, but a version of CP/M didn't yet exist for the 8086. In a sequence of events that would later inspire much folklore, MICROSOFT negotiated a license for 86-DOS from SCP in December 1980 for $25,000, then re-licensed 86-DOS to IBM. Microsoft then acquired all rights to 86-DOS for only $50,000 from SCP in July, 1981, shortly before the PC's release.

based on the dominant CP/M-80 operating system

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based on the dominant CP/M-80 operating system

Remember Commodore???

Don't forget to report back with A GRADE from that paper

With the big ol' external floppy drive, right?

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