Microkernel expert Shapiro to join Microsoft Midori effort

Jonathan Shapiro, one of the chief developers of the BitC language and Coyotos operating system, is joining Microsoft to work on Midori.
Shapiro announced via the BitC mailing list that he will be joining Microsoft in August in a “fairly senior position.�
Coyotos, like Midori, is a microkernel-based operating system. If and when it makes it out of incurbation, Midori is expected to take the form of a distributed, object-oriented operating system which ultimately may supplant Windows. Microsoft officials repeatedly have refused to comment on Midori’s timetable or goals, but Microsoft Senior Vice President of Technical Strategy Eric Rudder is said to be heading up the project.
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