Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Wed 9th Jul 2008 18:22 UTC, submitted by Thom_Holwerda
Microsoft Codename Midori is a derivative of Singularity that is meant to supersede Windows, and it is more than just a research project. Singularity, is an experimental microkernel and operating system project started in 2003 for which Microsoft posted the source code back in March. Unfortunately Singularity was developed exclusively for research purposes and is not intended for practical use.
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by stestagg on Wed 9th Jul 2008 21:08 UTC
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My guess is that by the time this thing is released, backwards compatibility will be provided through virtualization, and so the compatibility barrier will be much lower