Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 6th Nov 2002 00:19 UTC
Yeah, I might be just re-inventing the wheel here, who knows? But I had this (original? I doubt it) idea a few months ago and I was meant to write about it for some time now. So, my idea is about creating a new operating system that is like none of the current ones. It would be so different, that porting applications from other "traditional" systems wouldn't be possible. But the gains would be much more important of what we would lose by implementing a brand new new system.
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...I don't see how this can't be done completely in userspace on top of the multithreaded kernel of your choice.
Everything can be done in userspace, theoretically you can run a whole Mac system with alot of nifty hardware, MacOS and other apps - ALL emulated on a x86 machine or a scientific calculator if you want. It's all just a question of how much you want to abstract. Personally I like staying as close to the hardware as possible.