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My concern isnt about Windows or Linux specifically but that something is lost when the garden only grows two plants. In, say, 1980 there were several unique OS
by kjellsbells 4y ago
My concern isnt about Windows or Linux specifically but that something is lost when the garden only grows two plants. In, say, 1980 there were several unique OS streams, each with their own quirks: UNIX, Pick, VMS, etc.
It seems strange that we are essentially trading on isotopes of OS thinking from about 2000 when Linux took the mantle of UNIX and Windows converged on the XP code.
Is this it? Is producing an OS now so incredibly expensive and hard that we are never going to try again, and just keep bolting things on to what we have? I feel a little sad at that, even if the reasoning is impeccable.
- palata 4y agoMaybe it converged, just like other industries? Say, cars or planes have not fundamentally changed in decades. But would there be other designs that would make them so much better that it would be worth changing? That's not clear to me...
- MomoXenosaga 4y agoThere's no money to be made in making an OS. Back when I was a child people were literally waiting outside stores for a new Windows. Windows 11 is given away for free.
- BlueTemplar 4y agoWe'll always have TempleOS ! /ducks (RIP)