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dbarrow
08-27-2006, 10:17 AM
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=6718

By Matthew Broersma, Techworld

Vista will be the last version of Windows that exists in its current, monolithic form, according to Gartner.

Instead, the research firm predicts, Microsoft will be forced to migrate Windows to a modular architecture tied together through hardware-supported virtualisation. "The current, integrated architecture of Microsoft Windows is unsustainable - for enterprises and for Microsoft," wrote Gartner analysts Brian Gammage, Michael Silver and David Mitchell Smith. ...

Tortanick
08-27-2006, 10:52 AM
I don't see why is pushing virtualiseation so hard. Modular kernals have existed for years now while virtualiseation is relatively young.

On the other hand Modularaty is the way to go.