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How does this new OS handle backwards compatibility? I've always thought the next evolution of the OS was to be a hypervisor for application containers that ca
by jackcosgrove 9y ago
How does this new OS handle backwards compatibility?
I've always thought the next evolution of the OS was to be a hypervisor for application containers that can communicate via a common message bus.
- yberreby 9y agoSounds like what you want a microkernel with excellent IPC. There is still the problem of the window manager, incompatible protocols, and backwards compatibility, but I think a very small, robust core with discrete components that communicate in an isolated way instead of sharing resources is the way forward. If you start viewing the filesystem as a huge global variable, it becomes obvious that something is wrong with modern OS / app design. One wouldn't tolerate this kind of uncontrolled sharing in a regular program; why should we tolerate it in an OS? Permissions help, but don't solve the issue, as they are still an access control measure on top of an already flawed model.