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Defunct 1990s operating system

Workplace OS was an IBM operating system project that unsuccessfully attempted to replace multiple operating systems with compatibility "personalities" running on a Mach-based microkernel. The intention was that personalities would allow a single machine to run unmodified applications from multiple operating systems such as Unix or OS/2. It was the product of a research program in 1991 that yielded a design named the "Grand Unifying Theory of Systems "(GUTS). The GUTS project evolved into Workplace OS after Apple demonstrated its Pink operating system prototype to IBM's GUTS design team, who incorporated many ideas from Pink into their own design. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Workplace OSA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Workplace interventions to improve well-being and reduce burnout for nurses, physicians and allied healthcare professionals: a systematic reviewInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning 2.6The most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMPOWERMENT IN THE WORKPLACE: DIMENSIONS, MEASUREMENT AND VALIDATION.Cited 6,802 times
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