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[Neon]

Microsoft Windo...NOPE hold up!

Microsoft Research has developed a prototype of a microkernel operating system,
code-named 'Singularity.' Its most surprising feature: It has nothing to do with Windows.

I quote: "What would a software platform look like if it was designed from scratch with the primary goal of dependability?"

"Singularity is not Windows. Every line of code was written from scratch," said Galen Hunt, a senior researcher with Microsoft Research who is helping to spearhead the Singularity project.

Microsoft have basically got a project going on here to wipe 'Windows' off the map and replace it with something that is new from a new code base and everything. It won't be NT based or any of that, a complete new start which is AMAZING!

How far are MS with this HUGE TASK?

Again i quote: "We have developed a working kernel, as originally conceived," said Hunt. "Now we can build a lot of components on top of it."

The whole thing is going to be written with tighter and with DIFFERENT code, the things that make windows WEAK will be moved out.

This is like being told we are going to have to live on mars or something, i only hope this does happen and that it doesn't merge with co-existing or future projects and become Windows and that they really get this up off the ground. I don't doubt useful features of Windows would make it in but they would be re-written again with increased stability.

I would appreciate your opinions on this

[ShadowFox]

Hey Karl.... http://www.x64bit.net/site/portal/comments...?catid=1&id=174

I got to it first

Anyways I think it's a good concept, I just hope it goes farther and becomes a complete Operating System and DOESN'T get "Microsoft Windows" shoved onto it!

[Neon]

OH DAMN, after all my moaning and you beat me to it

Anyway we can chat about it still

It's things like in XP when i run some wizards if i try and open another Application the thing sometimes crashed, it never happens in Server, so lets hope if this thing surfaces that its locked and loaded and will blow any OS away (without needing 546845 GB of RAM)

I think its a BRAVE thing doing this, whats not clear is if it will look different.

[ShadowFox]

Well it seems that's what they are trying to do, fix those unreliabilities but i think it's going to be LESS user friendly... it'll be more for advanced users... what do you think? Do you think n00bs will, be able to hop on Singularity and just dive right in... no floaties?

[Neon]

Erm, i think at first its gonna be a shock to most users for this to just 'appear' but like Windows it will gain ground and maybe it will be a hit.

The thing is i wonder if this is just to shake off virus' and stuff that is mainly written for the Windows Platform.

[ShadowFox]

hmm You do have a point there! Maybe, but I'm sure it'll be no time at all before someone's got one against it

BUT we owe a great deal to viruses and hackers, they are the reason computers are as secure and advanced as they are today!

[RedInferno]

This will be an interesting project to see...

[ShadowFox]

Kind of liek what we were talking about ehh

[RedInferno]

would you like me to extrapolate?

[ShadowFox]

no... you're fine, I was just saying there is relevance to our previous descusions about FlashOS

[RedInferno]

Oh, haha lol.... your vocabulary is very good BTW...

Not like karls' and his 98%
BTW, how is the old flash os coming now? I'll see you in ...the Meeting room!

[BlueScreenOfDeath]

guess you could say this is the early stages of possibly "blackcomb"

[ShadowFox]

I thought Blackcomb was going to be based off of windows... not from scratch... think they'll chagne it?

[patman174]

This sounds awesome. I wonder what stage this is in and when it will be in a useable stage. This would be something to see. Microsoft actually writing all the code for it, and not using something else from a previous era, I like that.

[RedInferno]

No, I think blackcomb is already set...