Comment by lukan

3 months ago

Yes, but basic reseach in IT is still not random, but usually has a clear goal, or at least some scope. Like indeed, focus on security? Focus on speed? Focus on reliability? Focus on energy efficency (because it is supposed to run on a tiny embedded device for long).

And the gimmick here seems to be in fact, that it is supposed to be flexibel

"is not a conventional operating system, but contains composable components for creating custom operating systems that are specific to a particular task. Components are joined together using the Microkit tool"

Its just the fastest, safest and most reliable possible operating system, giving you more formal guarantees then literally anything else ... why don't you just read more then just 1 sentence and actually spend 15min learning about the system.