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We did actually but Acorn canned it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_(computer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_(computer)

• guerrilla 6y ago
  That's not what he means by PC. He means an open standard that anyone can build against with comparability between products.
  • uncledave 6y ago
    That’s exactly what it was. Two other vendors were going to launch as well.
• guywhocodes 6y ago
  Very interesting, the reason for cancelling seems to largely hold true today.
• STRML 6y ago
  The Phoebe's launch OS (RISC OS 4) was codenamed "Ursula". Unfortunately, shortly into its development, the Phoebe went on an (indefinite) break.
• rbanffy 6y ago
  In 1998, it would be an excellent opportunity to use Linux. At the time, I was playing with Apple's MkLinux on PowerMacs.