>"The application gets the full power of the unmediated hardware, through an application-specific library linked into the application address space." This is p

>"The application gets the full power of the unmediated hardware, through an application-specific library linked into the application address space." This is pretty concerning, actually. I don't think I want or trust shady companies like Adobe to be running DRM-laden code directly on my hardware. Vendor lock-in is an increasingly common phenomenon and I'm picturing a really alarming future if this sort of OS takes off. I like that the linux kernel sits between my software and my hardware. Want to watch a Sony DVD? Better hope you have a webcam so that the media player application can directly access your facial reactions to the media being played and upload it to Sony's servers.