[phtrivier]

I genuinely don't know what the author is refering to.

I'm amazed at how many comments resolve around "But wait, of course systems research has evolved, see XX and YYY", followed by responses along the lines of "Nah, he was not talking about XX and YYY, rather ZZZ, etc..."

I hate being the "please define xxx" guy, but is there a consensual definition of what "Systems software" is ?

[yingw787]

Rob defined systems software in the first part of his post as "Operating systems, networking, languages; the things that connect programs together.".