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"Midori" Concepts Materialize In .NET

Posted by Soulskill on from the creeping-in dept.

dp619 writes "Concepts outlined in Microsoft's internal 'Midori' OS documents are materializing in .NET, according to an SD Times report. Midori is a new operating system project that is designed for distributed concurrency. Microsoft has assigned some of its all-star programmers to the project, while recruiting others. It is also working on other projects to replace Windows that make the OS act more like a hypervisor."

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  1. Re:Wasn't Windows 95 and 98 built from the ground by x2A · · Score: 4, Informative

    Win9x were built upon DOS (although replaced and virtualised it underneath itself) and provided win16/32 calls etc as subsystems. They're talking here about a fresh codebase that runs as a hypervisor and executes managed code. The idea basically being kinda like a microkernel but with increased isolation using newer virtualisation technology rather than the old erm... virtual memory technology... which has never really been used to its full potential I don't think.

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  2. Re:Hypervisor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    I believe he was stating that Microsofts ring 0 processes usually arent the security risk.

  3. Re:Hypervisor by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 4, Informative

    The userland api and applications, mostly.