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Project

The Sky OS

Paper (Items to include) 70pts.

·      Business Summary

·      Financial Summary

·      Officers and their Compensation (chairman, CEO, etc...)

·      Headquarters

·      Number of employees

·      Ownership (private, insider, etc.)

·      Stock performance

·      Operating System history

·      Current version

·      company business plan

·      How has this OS changed the world?

·      What has this company done to change the world?

PRESENTATION GUIDELINES 30pts.

·      Present company information.

·      Show the company websites.

·      Show major products or services listed on websites.

Format

APA, 5 -7 pages

12-point font (either Arial, Helvetica, or Times New Roman)

Include section headings and subsection headings. You must include Introduction, Conclusion, References, as well as other appropriate headings.

Format for References Section:

Authors’ names. Article Name. Magazine Name, vol. Volume, no. Number, (Month Year), pp. Pages.

Example: Fall, K. and S. McCanne. You Don't Know Jack About Network Performance. ACM Queue, vol. 3, no. 4, (May 2005), pp. 54-59.

Example: Millman, R. Hackers take axe to Internet root servers. PC Pro News, (Feb 7, 2007), http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/enterprise/104024/hackers-take-axe-to-internet-root-servers, accessed Mar 1, 2011.

Resources

Submit a copy on the due date and submit an electronic version.

In addition to the paper, you must prepare a 15-20 minute lecture-style presentation on your topic. The idea is to teach your fellow students something. Presentations will be held on the following days (order of presenters will be chosen at random, but you should be prepared to present on the first day of presentations):

Topics

Advice on Giving Presentations

10-15 minute time limit

No need to rush- lecture-style -goal is to teach your fellow students something

Slides

First slide should always contain your title, your name, and your affiliation

Have an outline at the beginning and a summary at the end