Microsoft's "Singularity"

[Tek7 (Legacy)]

Contrary to popular opinion, Windows isn't the only operating system in which Microsoft is investing.

The Microsoft Research team has built from scratch a 300,000-line, microkernel-based operating system (OS) that has no roots in Windows.

That OS, code-named "Singularity," is slowly but steadily gaining visibility. The Microsoft Research team behind the project recently posted to the Web a 44-page technical research report about Singularity. Company officials discussed the project publicly at the June USENIX conference. And earlier this week, Microsoft's Singularity effort got some attention on Slashdot.

Source: Fox News, Microsoft's Other Operating System

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[michaelpi]

he Microsoft Research team has built from scratch a 300,000-line, microkernel-based operating system

dang how can people sit there all day codeing i would get so board

 

[kraniac]

That's interesting. I hadn't heard of that before. Have any more details on it?

 

[Tek7 (Legacy)]

That's interesting. I hadn't heard of that before. Have any more details on it?

Linkeh.