Operating systems, in
trying to meet the needs of applications, have to define
what those needs are. Applications
with different needs waste effort overcoming what is now a
problem rather than a solution.
-- Peter Williams,
In Search of the Ideal Operating System for User Interfacing
Ideally, a
general-purpose operating system that supports real-time execution
should not a priori restrict the basic
tenor of performance guarantees that any process is capable
of obtaining.
-- Ion Stoica et
al., A Proportional Share Resource Allocation Algorithm for
Real-Time, Time-Shared Systems
A schedule defends from
chaos and whim.
-- Annie Dillard,
The Writing Life