I was thinking today. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a standardized API.. a virtual machine so to speak, implemented in the core of every operating system? Similar to the way openGL offers a consistent interface to a plethora of hardware, could this be possible on another level?.. an entire platform?
It seems to me that this is the next level for operating systems.. and would increase competition in the os arena 10 fold. You could never get MS to initiate anything of the sort for this very reason. But what if apple and the flavors of *nix got together and standardized an interface to thier os and the possible hardware underneath? Could it be successful?
</daydreaming at work>
It seems to me that this is the next level for operating systems.. and would increase competition in the os arena 10 fold. You could never get MS to initiate anything of the sort for this very reason. But what if apple and the flavors of *nix got together and standardized an interface to thier os and the possible hardware underneath? Could it be successful?
</daydreaming at work>
