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Title:

GrailOS: A micro-kernel based, multi-server, multi-personality operating system

Authors:

Ben Leslie

    School of Computer Science and Engineering
    University of New South Wales
    Sydney 2052 Australia
    
    National ICT Australia, Sydney, Australia

Abstract:

A multi-server, multi-personality operating system has often been seen as the holy grail of the micro-kernel base systems research agenda. Unfortunately to date there hav been limited success in achieving this grand vision, and it is no longer a hot-topic in the operating systems community despite a recent renaissance of micro-kernels in general. In this paper I argue that new problems exist that motivate the need for such an operating system structure, and that recent advances in technology allow such a project to succeed now, where it had failed in the past. Finally I out line a set of research to be undertaken to attack this problem.

BibTeX Entry

  @inproceedings{Leslie_06,
    author           = {Ben Leslie},
    booktitle        = {Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Object Systems and Software Architectures },
    title            = {{GrailOS}: A micro-kernel based, multi-server, multi-personality operating system},
    year             = {2006},
    month            = {Jan},
    address          = {Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia}
  }

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