Object orientation in operating systems

The following topics were dealt with: flexible support for mobile objects ; system architecture for flexible control of downloaded executable content; distributed resource monitors for mobile objects; operating system support for high-performance, real-time CORBA; global atomicity primitive; coherence as an abstract type; object-based worldwide operating system; IPV6 protocol stack on Apertos; MetaJava: an efficient run-time meta architecture for Java/sup TM/; fine-grained dynamic user customization of operating systems; adaptive object management for a reconfigurable microkernel; object framework for specialization; PFS distributed and customizable file system; measured performance of a fast local IPC; caches versus object allocation; flexible-sized page-objects; reducing the virtual memory overhead of swizzling; Hoppix implementation of a Unix server on a persistent operating system; modular design components for operating system design; object-oriented framework for modular resource management; fine-grained protection mechanism in object-based operating systems; protection domain extensions in Mungi and system administration in a single address space operating system.