In 2008, Microsoft launched a new operating system development project called "Midori" (meaning "green" in Japanese), which was intended to replace the Windows operating system that Microsoft has been promoting for many years.
The project named "Midori" was first discovered by ZDNet in 2008, and Microsoft laterOn its official websiteIt shows that "Midori" is actually a derivative of the "Singularity" operating system project of Microsoft Research Center.
According to Microsoft's explanation, the "Singularity" operating system project was first proposed in 2003. At that time, the main idea was to conceive a new operating system after Windows, and planned to use a new architecture to create a more stable and secure operating system that would meet the needs of future hardware applications, rather than using the architecture concepts that had been used for many years.
The idea of the "Singularity" operating system project is to write most of the operating system architecture with managed code so that it can run in a virtual machine environment. Existing JJava and .NET programs will also be translated into managed code, and only some unmanaged code will be retained to be executed by the CPU to ensure the security of program operation.
In addition, all program codes will be broken down into independent components so that they can be checked before actual compilation, thereby preventing a single program code error from causing the operating system to crash. At the same time, the code will also be checked before the software is officially installed to ensure that the program will not affect system stability.
In earlier news, a video of an internal Microsoft meeting in 2013 was marked with an "X". It showed Joe Duffy, who was a Microsoft project manager at the time and is now the CEO of software startup Pulumi, explaining the details of "Midori". It also showed that Microsoft had already conceived of making the new operating system compatible with hardware architectures including x86, x64 and Arm.
However, the development of "Midori" was terminated in 2015 along with the "Singularity" operating system project, but many of its design concepts were incorporated into various existing Microsoft software services, including Azure and OneDrive. Microsoft has even proposed a Windows operating system that is compatible with the Arm architecture or runs through a cloud container architecture.
Midori Demystified!😀 ever read about the secret Midori OS from Microsoft more than ten years ago? Joe Duffy @funcOfJoe wrote some blog posts in 2015 https://t.co/S4pWwzkLdA
and in 2013, he did some presentations introducing Midori to internal audiences with more details, Watch: https://t.co/HTqb4rD9rQ- WalkingCat (@ _h0x0d_) August 5, 2024
