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rbanffy on June 30, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: GNU HURD: Altered visions and lost promise

I really saddens me Plan/9 went nowhere (parts of it went everywhere ;-) )

I am uncomfortable having what amount to be sci-fi versions of Unix and VMS to chose from. What would be a cutting-edge, legacy-free OS these days?

eru on July 1, 2010 [–]

Exokernels: http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/exo.html

Though sadly this page is from 1998. But there are some people who are still working on Exokernels. You can meet them here at HN.

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