Java OS: Back to the Future
Jim Mitchell, Sun Fellow, Vice President of Technology and Architectures, JavaSoft
Abstract:
JavaOS provides just enough OS-like functionality to enable the Java environment to run on bare hardware.
JavaOS is not a modern operating system: it has no kernel, no virtual memory, and no disk file system. On the other hand, it is aimed at the future: it is designed for a networked world; it removes almost all the hassles of owning and maintaining a personal computer; and it has a graphical user interface, but no command line interpreter.
It is almost entirely written in Java, and it's small and fast.
Jim Mitchell, Sun Fellow, Vice President of Technology and Architectures, JavaSoft
Dr. Mitchell has a Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon University and a B.S. from the University of Waterloo, Canada. He has worked on compilers, interactive programming systems, programming language design, document preparation systems, user interface design, graphics hardware, distributed transactional file systems, and distributed, object-oriented operating systems.
BibTeX
@inproceedings {260651,
author = {Jim Mitchell, Sun Fellow},
title = {Java {OS}: Back to the Future},
booktitle = {{USENIX} 2nd Symposium on {OS} Design and Implementation ({OSDI} 96)},
year = {1996},
address = {Seattle, WA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/osdi-96/java-os-back-future},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = oct
}
author = {Jim Mitchell, Sun Fellow},
title = {Java {OS}: Back to the Future},
booktitle = {{USENIX} 2nd Symposium on {OS} Design and Implementation ({OSDI} 96)},
year = {1996},
address = {Seattle, WA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/osdi-96/java-os-back-future},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = oct
}