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How much do you think such an OS could be sold for? For me, Windows wastes about 2% of my time per year (mostly due to Windows update). From a business perspe
by jpeloquin 9y ago
How much do you think such an OS could be sold for?
For me, Windows wastes about 2% of my time per year (mostly due to Windows update). From a business perspective, that might justify a $10k expense to recover that lost productivity. From a personal perspective, I would pay $500 to recover that time for my own use. No idea if there's enough like-minded people to make a new OS profitable, though.
The sticking point is that to recoup time lost to Windows the new OS would have to completely replace Windows, which means being able to run key Windows-only business software (SolidWorks, etc.). Maybe it makes more sense to just support Wine instead of reinventing the OS.
- user5994461 9y agoWhat makes you think the new OS won't waste more than 2% of your time?
- jpeloquin 9y agoI am optimistic that it's possible to do better because: (a) I'm only counting time as "wasted" if I'm forced to fix something the OS broke with no action on my part, or if I'm forced to wait for it to do something that I did not ask for. E.g., watching Windows apply updates on boot is wasted. Adjusting keybindings to suit my preferences is not wasted. This isn't a high bar to clear. (b) Design choices, not physical or logical restrictions on what's possible, cause most of this waste. E.g., the choice to have Windows update do substantial work during reboot and to reset user settings (such as HKLM and HKCU keys) is an unforced error. It's demonstrably possible to do better: Linux Mint updates apply in the background, don't lengthen boot time, and leave existing settings unchanged. (c) If the new OS is worse than the current choices, I just don't use it. The time a new OS wastes is in all cases ≤ 2%. Building a new thing that fails hurts a lot, of course, but being a customer is easy.