Are virtual machine monitors microkernels done right
Steven J. Hand, Andrew Warfield, Keir Fraser, Evangelos Kotsovinos, Dan Magenheimer · 2005
Rob Pike has irreverently suggested that “systems software research is irrelevant”, implying that academic systems research has negligible impact outside the university. In Section 4, we claim that VMMs provide a platform on which innovative systems research ideas can be developed and deployed. We believe that providing a common framework for hosting novel systems will increase the penetration and relevance of systems research.