Comment by poisonborz
1 day ago
It was an experiment to keep bright engineers busy with cool ideas to show off.Even back then they could have known that it is not a viable idea to make a tectonic platform switch with not much business arguments for it.
I would love for a microkernel, capabilities OS to become standard. Windows and Linux have been bolting on security layers for decades because the modern threat model was barely a concern when they were originally created.
Google actually has the sway that it could drag the industry in that direction.
I don't think so. Feels like it was more about getting away from Linux and all the driver issues it entails.
It's a very long-term bet for sure.