An operating system is a virtual abstract machine that hides complexity of CPU, memory, disk drives, network drives, etc, or a resource manager that manages hardware resources for user applications. Does the internet have an operating system? How does the internet works with mobile technologies as a big machinery? Tim O'Reilly's post, The State of the Internet Operating System is a good article to read. I enjoyed reading the article since it presents the loosely joined important pieces on the Internet. And the information is informative and insightful. However, I cannot see the point why use "operating system" to make the connections between the pieces. The concept of operating systems works to abstract, and to provide a relatively simple and elegant interface. If the Internet operating system follows the same idea, what is the interface then? And who are the customers of the interface? If the Internet operating system works for a different purpose, why ca