How long do you think it would take if Microsoft decides to write a brand new from the ground up OS, free of old dependencies and clutter from the past. Redesign using new ideas and methods that were ...

Microsoft Research has developed a non-Windows OS for academic types to play with. The subliminal message from Microsoft: Folks, we'd love to start from scratch with an OS, but we just can't go there.

High school student Jack Eisenmann has built his own 8-bit computer from scratch, and he designed everything himself including the OS. It took Jack about a year to complete this impressive project, ...