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We were already seeing that happen back in 95. From that list half the operating systems were either deprecated or niche. We still have a plethora of niche plat
by hnlmorg 4y ago
We were already seeing that happen back in 95. From that list half the operating systems were either deprecated or niche. We still have a plethora of niche platforms now from the various BSDs, Open Solaris derivatives, Hakiu, ReactOS, and all the experimental ones too.
The hardware duopoly was already in full force by 1995. Sure Amiga was listed in that article but by 1995 IBM-compatible PCs had won and Amiga, Atari, Acorn etc were basically just used by a small few enthusiasts or specialist domains.