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>>Kotota+(OP)
I think there will be more projects like this. Apps running in a sandbox, thinking they have the OS to themselves. The next logical step is to have all new apps written in managed code, and use virtualization for the "legacy" native code.

Come to think of it, isn't it supposed to be the purpose of an operating system: letting programs think they own the hardware? Now they can pretend to own the OS too :)

I think we'll get to microkernels, but through evolutionary steps like this rather than ground-up redesign.

>>nzmsv+C
Presumably that would mean that operating systems (at least for guests) could become a lot simpler as in most cases the guest is there for one specialized purpose and doesn't need most of the features usually found in an OS.