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The Microsoft Singularity

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dependability-would-be-nice dept.

jose parinas writes ""Microsoft Research has published the first details of a wholly new operating system under development called Singularity, designed new from the ground up, built on a new language and designed with emphasis on dependability instead of performance.""

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  1. Oh, let me be the first to say it! by RobertB-DC · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've heard that Microsoft Singularity sucks.

    (Go ahead, mod me down... I deserve it.)

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    1. Re:Oh, let me be the first to say it! by NickFortune · · Score: 3, Funny

      Is the name not a reference to their policy on IP? They pull in ideas from all over, but none of them ever make it back over the threshold....

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  2. singularity by technicolor.cavalry · · Score: 3, Funny

    so this one is going to be *so bad* that it's impossible to predict what will happen after its release?

  3. Like a Black hole? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, a new OS that can distroy all data AND matter.

    So much more advanced than a BSOD.

  4. /.'ed by wiggles · · Score: 4, Funny

    Reliability, eh? Obviously, their web server isn't based on this OS.

  5. Server Error in '/' by jpsowin · · Score: 3, Funny
    Server Error in '/' Application.

    Runtime Error


    Wow, that page came up pretty fast. I guess their web server is built for performance instead of dependability.
  6. Slashdotted in six comments. by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    > We're sorry -- you have reached this page because a web server error occurred. There are many possible causes for this type of error, so we can't be more specific.

    Current setup was slashdotted within six comments.

    Future setup will place an "emphasis on dependability instead of performance".

    I'd say it sucks galactic black holes through buckytube, but that still wouldn't approach the Singular suckitude we're looking for.

    Bite my dimly red-shifted neutronium ass.

  7. New UI? by Pinback · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will the user interface be called Event Horizon?

  8. Re:Singularity... by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Because when we blue screen, all of your data goes down into a black hole."

    Tee hee giggle snort. That was funny! I'd say more, but Full House is on! Cya!

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  9. In other news... by Lendrick · · Score: 5, Funny

    Last week, the latest build of Windows Vista became so horrendously bloated that it underwent gravitational collapse... coincidence?

  10. Not really by I+Like+Pudding · · Score: 3, Funny

    Black holes can't destroy information nearly as well as an MS OS can.

  11. Re:Papers? by joschm0 · · Score: 3, Funny
    I dare you to name one.

    Well let's see, there was Bob. Now that was real innovation.

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