Some of you might find interesting a new project by J. Leslie Keedy called SpeedOS:
http://www.informatik.uni-ulm.de/rs/projects/SPEEDOS/SPEEDOS_E.html
Jonathan S. Shapiro, Ph. D.
Research Staff Member
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Email: shapj@us.ibm.com
Phone: +1 914 784 7085 (Tieline: 863)
Fax: +1 914 784 6576