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I agree with the premise, although I disagree that only Google could do this. Honestly there are a low number, but greater than one, entities that could do this
by sulam 5y ago
I agree with the premise, although I disagree that only Google could do this. Honestly there are a low number, but greater than one, entities that could do this. Microsoft is an obvious one, for instance.
That said, to your bigger point -- I think the way to pull off a brand new OS in today's world is to write something that scratches an itch that a small-ish group of people have. Do it well enough, and it will grow into something bigger. In fact this is exactly how Linux got going. It will work again, guaranteed.
- danielvaughn 5y agoI would actually love to see a full, from-scratch rewrite of Windows. I'm not sure if it's ever been done before, but it definitely feels like it hasn't.
- feikname 5y agoYou might be interested in ReactOS[1]. Their objective is to make a 100% FOSS Windows Compatible OS, including drivers. Currently, they're at around ~WinXP level support [1]: https://reactos.org/ https://reactos.org/
- oblio 5y agoWell, Windows NT was that. It was even on the verge of being a microkernel and it could run a super light weight virtualization (for the lack of a better word) system: OS personas. It would be interesting to get Windows NT NextGen, true.