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by chongli 4277 days ago
Today, and at the time this talk was given, operating systems research is a stagnant, niche pursuit.

All that effort has shifted over to the browser and the web as a platform on every device. What's the point of putting such a large effort into a complicated, multi-tasking and multi-user desktop operating system if it spends 90% of its time running a browser for one user?

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Well, operating systems are used for more than just end user workstations. Servers are a one example.