A Brand-New OS?
    The press is abuzz with news that Microsoft is working a brand-new, from-the-bottom-up 
  desktop operating system. Where Windows 7 will be 
based 
  on Vista, the other OS, Midori, starts with a 
blank 
  slate. 
Midori appears to either be based on or takes concepts from a Microsoft Research 
  project, Singularity. And if you've been reading Redmond Report, you probably 
  heard about Singularity here first. Fact is, I've already written about it twice 
  since April (here 
  and here).
Singularity, and thus Midori, attack Vista's No. 1 problem: It's too complex. 
  All these features make software hard to use and unstable, and fosters incompatibility. 
  And you need a monster machine to run it all.
Singularity is designed to be simple and safe. For instance, components are 
  isolated from one another, and code is automatically inspected before running 
  to make sure it works with the OS. And all the components are tested to make 
  sure they interoperate.
Should Microsoft start from scratch with a new OS? Answers welcome at [email protected].
 
	
Posted by Doug Barney on July 31, 2008