Saturday, September 15, 2007

Microsoft and the Singularity

So ... Microsoft has a Singularity Project ...

they even have this quote
"...it is impossible to predict how a singularity will affect objects in its causal future."


They list papers like:
* Singularity: Rethinking the Software Stack,
* Authorizing Applications in Singularity,
* {End Bracket} Singularity
* Solving the Starting Problem: Device Drivers as Self-Describing Artifacts,


we'll have to look at this more closely ... to see if the use of the singularity term is appropriate or is it appropriating the singularity buzz to something off topic.

The MS description is
Singularity is a research project focused on the construction of dependable systems through innovation in the areas of systems, languages, and tools. We are building a research operating system prototype (called Singularity), extending programming languages, and developing new techniques and tools for specifying and verifying program behavior."



In any case ... at least the sing is alive with boys of redmonds ... (and girls too)

downstream link at ACM PORTAL

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