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Windows 10 yields more secrets: Microsoft plan to split OS from shell takes shape 

Windows 10 preview shows signs of Windows OS separating from the shell in line with Microsoft's modular plans.

It is not a secret.



The idea was well planned and studied, in fact, on the right of this blog you can see some code that outlines the general method.  I could have competed with Microsoft, but instead,  I let the pros do it, and they are doing it. better than I. This is the normal Moore's Law pattern,  in fact, much of the modular separation is automated these days.

This round of Moore is called the 'APIification' by Google; a good name, and the name includes the universal bus interface, a neat trick that takes advantage of 64 bit address fields. Folks who watched me screw with the software noticed that each time I invented some new module, half the work is already done with the universal interface and within a week I could throw something up which worked with all the other modules.  A trick partially borrowed from MS PowerShell, and XCB 'cookies' concept, plus a bunch of other great linux software.

A standard Moore's trick, implement the top round of hardware as software, then shift the stack up and we get a large multiplier gain from software. The result this time is something called enterprise level name space management. The idea is to program the enterprise, the new system allos software routing by name space manipulation and front end symbol tables using high speed look up to replace call structures.