The comment you quoted was right; people don't care about the OS, they care about their apps. Since Windows is king on the desktop, it would make sense to have

The comment you quoted was right; people don't care about the OS, they care about their apps. Since Windows is king on the desktop, it would make sense to have an open source "clone" of Windows that will be able to run all the Win32 apps people love. This is exactly what React OS is! Sadly, the project never got the resource and support it deserved. Instead, we have 200+ Linux distros, multiple package manager, DE, etc... Ironically, the only "distro" that has a real chance of success is Chrome OS, because everything is moving to the web, but also because Google made it ultra simple, secure and zero maintenance. It can also run Android apps, so that's interesting.