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Title: Operating Systems: A Design-Oriented Approach by Charles Crowley ISBN: 0256151512 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.50

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Average Customer Rating: 3.17

Rating: 4
Summary: must read
Comment: A must read not only for OS concepts and design but for the
different aproaches to be taken while doing a product development.
Gives design considerations and techniques for all the major OS modules in detail and with examples.

Rating: 5
Summary: a good book ---- not only in OS but also in software Design
Comment: (1)it is very clear
(2)its depth
(3)its different approach to the content

Rating: 3
Summary: Good for use as supplementary material only
Comment: The book by Crowley introduces the operating systems while explaining how to design one (just as the name suggests). After every chapter in which on of the OS function is discusses, there is a chapter on how to design these features.

The book does not give the operating systems basics. While reading some chapters, it seems that the author assumes that you know the concept. For example, when discussing messaging, nowhere in the book, it is explained what it is, why it is?

Most of the code written in the book is beyond understanding. No useful explanation is given anywhere.

Apart from that the information provided in it is good for supplementary material. I've used it as supporting book along with 'Operating Systems Concept' by Silberchatz for undergrad course. Some topics like threads, IPC, and synchronization are better explained in the Crowley's book than in the Silberchatz book.

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