358 points ofalkaed | 1 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.321s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.

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dannyobrien ◴[11 Oct 25 23:16 UTC] No.45553583[source]▶

Midori, Microsoft's capability-based security OS[1]. Rumor has it that it was getting to the point where it was able to run Windows code, so it was killed through internal politics, but who knows! It was the Fuchsia of its time...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_%28operating_system%29

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1. hulitu ◴[16 Oct 25 16:02 UTC] No.45607081[source]▶

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> Microsoft's capability-based security

Seeing "Microsoft" and "security" in the same sentence makes me suspicious. /s

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