Method and system for providing a common operating system

A computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions for providing a common operating system, the instructions comprising:

• identifying components of a monolithic operating system, wherein the operating system has a monolithic structure and components are arranged in a hierarchical relationship;
• identifying dependencies between the components of the monolithic operating system, wherein the dependencies are determined based on the position of the dependencies within the monolithic operating system;
• generating component groups from the identified dependencies, wherein the component groups share common dependencies, wherein the components of the component groups include subset headers, wherein the subset headers eliminate dependencies on components in upper layers of the hierarchical relationship of the monolithic operating system;
• generating dependency rules, wherein the dependency rules are configured to provide fewer dependencies than the dependencies in the monolithic operating system;
• and
• enforcing the dependency rules to establish the common operating system, wherein the common operating system is configured to support the components of the generated component groups.

A system for providing a common operating system, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory having computer executable instructions stored thereon for:
• identifying components of a monolithic operating system, wherein the operating system has a monolithic structure and components are arranged in a hierarchical relationship;
• identifying dependencies between the components of the monolithic operating system, wherein the dependencies are determined based on the position of the dependencies within the monolithic operating system;
• generating component groups from the identified function of each component, wherein the component groups share common dependencies, wherein the components of the component groups include subset headers, wherein the subset headers eliminate dependencies on components in upper layers of the hierarchical relationship of the monolithic operating system;
• generating dependency rules, wherein the dependency rules are configured to provide fewer dependencies than the dependencies in the monolithic operating system;
• and
• enforcing the dependency rules to establish the common operating system, wherein the common operating system is configured to support the components of the generated component groups.