Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 10th Aug 2007 20:52 UTC, submitted by irbis
In the view of Mendel Rosenblum, chief scientist and co-founder of virtualization vendor VMware, today's modern operating system is destined for the dustbin, a scenario unlikely to please Microsoft or any of the Linux vendors. Rosenblum's keynote on Thursday wrapped up the LinuxWorld conference, preaching the virtues of virtualization, which he believes will eventually make today's complex, some would say bloated, operating systems obsolete. "It's just going to go away", Rosenblum said.
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2006-01-06
Essentially, VMWare's rep is hand-waving exactly what these "mini-OSes" would comprise and look like -- and then what the implications would be. Don't get me wrong: I'm not opposed to looking at a potential alternative to today's operating systems; however, it's my opinion that we would end up replacing today's OS complexity with a future blend of app complexity. So, what exactly have we gained, other than pushing what was previously operating system functionality higher in the stack -- up to the application space? App writers have more than enough on their plates without worrying about without having to duplicate or supplement OS functionality. Not to mention, will app writers have the expertise to even accomplish it? I'm not so sure that they would be willing to sign on to do this work. What's their incentive? To elimiinate today's operating system? Why would they do that? They get plenty of value out of Linux and Windows and Solaris and AIX. This seems like yet another "solution" looking for a problem to solve.