A2 (operating system)

A2
DeveloperETH Zurich
OS familyOberon
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Repository
PlatformsIA-32, x86-64, ARM, Cell
Kernel typeObject-oriented
LicenseBSD-like ETH A2 License[1]
Official websitegitlab.inf.ethz.ch/felixf/oberon

A2 (formerly named Active Object System (AOS),[2] and then Bluebottle) is a modular, object-oriented operating system with unconventional features including automatic garbage-collected memory management, and a zooming user interface. It was developed originally at ETH Zurich in 2002.[2] It is free and open-source software under a BSD-like license.

  1. ^ "License". Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b Muller, Pieter Johannes (2002). The active object system design and multiprocessor implementation (PDF) (PhD). Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich (ETH Zurich).