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Unikernels: rise of the virtual-library operating system

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"Let's dumb down all the APIs/ABIs and make a single one so it's easy to use!" (Score: 1, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-12 22:39 (#2FS)

This article is like XKCD #927. It will NEVER WORK.

Whatever API/ABI you create right now? You'll have to support it in future operating systems for earlier-written software.

All /they're/ doing is saying "Hey, let's build a unified interface!", it already exists: POSIX.

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2014-07-13 22:21 Informative +1 akavir@pipedot.org

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Marked as [Not Junk] by bryan@pipedot.org on 2015-01-03 22:32