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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2004
Jonathan Richard Blandford, Groton, MA (US);
John Ross Dennis, Auburn, MA (US);
Alexander Tobias Larsson, Stockholm, SE;
David Hugh Malcolm, Stoneham, MA (US);
Mark Brian Mcloughlin, Clontarf, IE;
Seth Aaron Nickell, Nashua, NH (US);
Havoc Pennington, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Brian Stevens, New Boston, NH (US);
Owen Wayne Taylor, Waltham, MA (US);
Jonathan Richard Blandford, Groton, MA (US);
John Ross Dennis, Auburn, MA (US);
Alexander Tobias Larsson, Stockholm, SE;
David Hugh Malcolm, Stoneham, MA (US);
Mark Brian McLoughlin, Clontarf, IE;
Seth Aaron Nickell, Nashua, NH (US);
Havoc Pennington, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Brian Stevens, New Boston, NH (US);
Owen Wayne Taylor, Waltham, MA (US);
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A computer system comprises a server. The server, in turn, comprises one or more master instances of an operating system (OS). The OS comprises a set of computer program files to operate a computer. The server also includes a version-managing program maintaining the one or more master operating systems. The computer system also includes a number of client computers each of which is configured to operate using one of the one or more master operating systems as read-only files.