MicroKernel Approach

• aka Client-Server organisation.
• The organising structure currently in vogue is the microkernel OS.
• The goal is to minimise what goes in the kernel, and implement much of the operating system as user-level processes. This results in :
  Better reliability
  Ease of extension and customisation
  Unfortunately - mediocre performance
• Examples of such systems include : Chorus (a French Unix-like system), (in many ways) MS-WinNT, CMU Mach