A full operating system in c#

Question

I saw this thread here. I was wondering if this was legit (sounds like it) and what are the drawbacks of doing this. What does it entail to run it stand alone in some archit

Answer 1

It is legit. Drawbacks are clear, this is a micro kernel. It is going to be a while before your video adapter driver will be fully managed as well. That takes acquiring critical mass with many devs and manufacturers jumping on the bandwagon. Difficult, but it has happened with Linux as the obvious example.

This is being pursued by Microsoft as well. Singularity has been well published about. It has evolved into a secret research project named Midori. There have been enough leaks about it to know its goal, Wikipedia has an article about it. I think lots of the devs that worked on the original CLR joined this project. Whether it will come to a good end is an open question. If it does, clearly the project backer is probably enough to get that critical mass rolling.