IT140 Introduction to Operating Systems and Client/Server Environments
Key Assignment
David Anderson
Instructor: Mohammed Majid
02/24/2014

Table of Contents
Week 1: Introduction to Operating Systems
Week 2: Components of a Computer System
Week 3: Managing Client Server Environments
Week 4: Securing Operating Systems
Week 5: System Administrators

Week 1 Introduction to Operating Systems
For this assignment I have chosen Microsoft because I am most familiar with them and their affiliates. Microsoft is a multibillion dollar organization and without them we would not be where we are today in the world of computers and technology. They have Cloud Computing, Bing search engine, and even Microsoft Dynamics, Lync systems, and even windows server which is used by IT specialists to increase the reliability of their server infrastructures. Each of these services is separately installed and you can buy them real cheap off their website at http://www.microsoft.com/government/ww/safety-defense/products/Pages/index.aspx.
I chose Windows 8 because I am currently using it on my computer and I wanted to learn more about this specific operating system. I chose Ubuntu as my choice for Linux distributor because it was number one on the list and the first one I saw and I like the name. The name Ubuntu comes from African culture and it means “I am what I am because of who we all are”. Ubuntu on the other hand comes from its previous version known as Debian which is a form of Linux operating system. Ubuntu is really just an easy to use version of Debian and it was designed to be part social and part economical. Free software available to everybody on the same terms, and funded through a portfolio of services provided by Canonical. Microsoft Windows started in the late 70s to early 80s with an