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Sounds a lot like BSD to me....
BSD (and therefore Mac OS/X) has much the same structure as the one you describe. Indeed this structure has some inherent advantages.

However, in practice BSD doesn't have a stability or reliability advantage over Linux. Linux has the same approach as Windows (shared components between applications, and between applications on the one hand, and the system on the other hand). So the advantages appear to be mainly theoretical.

If you want a closer look at an easy version of BSD, you might want to give PC-BSD a try:
http://www.pcbsd.org/

Greeting, Pjotr.
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Sounds a lot like BSD to me....  pjotr123 | 08/20/08
*nix in general ...  Ludovit | 08/20/08
The Standard  daengbo | 08/21/08
OSX is very reliable and...  arminw | 08/22/08
OSX is very reliable  winthropyu | 08/25/08
I would not call them layers. Just say you want to keep the three things  DonnieBoy | 08/20/08
Such an approach is already possible in Windows  ye | 08/20/08
Yes, and Mount Points too  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 08/20/08
Not sure what you mean  Michael Kelly | 08/20/08
I meant the former.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 08/20/08
True  Michael Kelly | 08/20/08
It's called RAID 0  wolf_z | 08/21/08
Archaic drive letters...  arminw | 08/22/08
No it's not ...  dkawalec | 08/20/08
One does not have to use the registry.  ye | 08/20/08
But they don't  Michael Kelly | 08/20/08
Which doesn't change my point. (nt)  ye | 08/20/08
I think at one stage  deaf_e_kate | 08/21/08
It's not a requirement.  ye | 08/21/08
What would be nice...  John L. Ries | 08/21/08
I beg to differ  blarman_z | 08/21/08
Re: Such an approach is already possible in Windows  winthropyu | 08/25/08
I love the idea ...  dkawalec | 08/20/08
Doesn't this already exist to an extent....  storm14k | 08/20/08
This exists already in Windows  easson | 08/20/08
Unfortunately too many programs...  ye | 08/20/08
Architectural issue  John L. Ries | 08/21/08
Yes they have. But one is not prevented from using...  ye | 08/21/08
Sarcasm  John L. Ries | 08/21/08
I would want them on separate partitions  John L. Ries | 08/21/08
wel then...  LeeC | 08/21/08
I hear that all the time  John L. Ries | 08/21/08
Much older than Win95  jepzilla | 08/20/08
How would you handle multiple people using the same...  ye | 08/20/08
RE: The layered approach ... my wish for a future OS  The Rifleman | 08/20/08
Can you elaborate on this?  ye | 08/20/08
Can you elaborate on this?  The Rifleman | 08/20/08
You are a bit out of date  deaf_e_kate | 08/21/08
Re: You are a bit out of date  The Rifleman | 08/21/08
For the majority of discussions Linux and UNIX can...  ye | 08/21/08
.....  Linux User 147560 | 08/21/08
Second drive in Linux  John L. Ries | 08/21/08
I agree 100 percent  jar-head | 08/20/08
While you are at it...  ke_xtian@... | 08/21/08
...and the non-cleartext INI or CFG.  Raymond Danner | 08/21/08
Your layered approach is already available in every version of Windows  qmlscycrajg | 08/21/08
Not  ke_xtian@... | 08/21/08
Microsoft Windows?  bmgoodman | 08/21/08
I take it the registry edits ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 08/21/08
Yes  bmgoodman | 08/22/08
Please show me ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 08/21/08
The following versions:  ye | 08/21/08
Be careful...  LeeC | 08/21/08
Let's see...  jar-head | 08/21/08
my wish  LadyGray | 08/21/08
agree (almost)  gdstark13 | 08/21/08
you're too nice to microslop  riix | 08/21/08
Adrian gets it about right  John L. Ries | 08/21/08
RE: The layered approach ... my wish for a future OS  j0sh8503 | 08/21/08
Imagine the mobility a user could generate  jasahasch@... | 08/21/08
Add a "scratch folder/drive"  bmgoodman | 08/22/08
Layering AND mirroring  Protopia | 08/23/08
RE: The layered approach ... my wish for a future OS  arthur_rogers90@... | 08/23/08
RE: The layered approach ... my wish for a future OS  kendrkin@... | 08/23/08
OS, Apps and Data was: The layered approach  winthropyu | 08/25/08
About time  guiri | 08/28/08

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