An operating system designed to work in a network. More complex than a centralized or decentralized architecture, each computer in a distributed system operates and scales independently but is ...

Microsoft has applied for a patent for a distributed operating system that matches the description of one its researchers have been developing, known as Helios. (Thanks to ZDNet blogger @Manan for ...

Helios "treats programmable devices as part of a 'distributed system in the small,'" according to Microsoft's description, and "is inspired by distributed operating systems such as LOCUS, Emerald ...