I'm going to put the equivalent effort into answering this question that you did into researching it: maybe, maybe not. That you didn't mention Singularity or

I'm going to put the equivalent effort into answering this question that you did into researching it: maybe, maybe not. That you didn't mention Singularity or Cosmos tells me that you haven't cared enough about this to even do a cursory Google search on the subject. Anyway, Google those above OSes, browse through their white papers and you'll have your answer (as given above). You might also check out JavaOS, Inferno, JNode, etc which have similar goals. To get you started with less effort: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(operating_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(operating_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_(operating_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_(operating_system)