Über die Autorin / den Autor
Daniel P. Bovet got a Ph.D. in computer science at UCLA in 1968 and is
now full Professor at the University of Rome, "Tor Vergata," Italy. He
had to wait over 25 years before being able to teach an operating
system course in a proper manner because of the lack of source code
for modern, well-designed systems. Now, thanks to cheap PCs and to
Linux, Marco and Dan are able to cover all the facets of an operating
system from booting to tuning and are able to hand out tough,
satisfying homework to their students. (These young guys working at
home on their PCs are really spoiled; they never had to fight with
punched cards.) In fact, Dan was so fascinated by the accomplishments
of Linus Torvalds and his followers that he spent the last few years
trying to unravel some of Linux's mysteries. It seemed natural, after
all that work, to write a book about what he found.
received a degree in mathematics in 1992 and a Ph.D. in computer science (University of Rome, "La Sapienza") in 1995. He is now a research assistant in the computer science department of the School of Engineering (University of Rome, "Tor Vergata"). In the past, he served as system administrator and Unix programmer for the university (as a Ph.D. student) and for several institutions (as a consultant).
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