The ideal OS should be centered around the Owner of a machine, be it a pc, a phone, a tablet, a smart-anything, or else. As the Owner would own many machines, t

The ideal OS should be centered around the Owner of a machine, be it a pc, a phone, a tablet, a smart-anything, or else. As the Owner would own many machines, these could be pooled together, or not. A machine would be equipped with a 3 layer object system: one layer for core objects (any reusable part, locally and/or remotely stored), a personal and impenetrable by default layer (for any and all private data, personal config, tweaks, metadata - anything made and/or generated by the Owner's actions), and a third layer for deliberately shared data (open to anyone with the right key). Modular core object interpreters could be added for Owners to access any code and/or stacks or packages, written in any language. Imagine a Windows interpreter, able to interact with compatible apps, at a cost for the Owner, should she/he choose to acquire such capabilities. Same for Mac or Linux or Android or any other interpreters. The inter-connecting links between machines would also be designed around Owner's best interest, using differentiated air-gapped communication pipeline for each layer. The Owner would either choose to locally keep its own data, or store it in a Data Bank (and get some revenues from sharing it in part or in totality). As for the OS interface, to each its own: from CLI to window based to personal assistants to _Her_ movie style interactions. The thing is, between layers, hardware, data handling, core objects and interfaces - and the prerequisite for Owners to really own their data and dispose of it as they wish - it would be very hard for any one company to serve the market vertically without lots of public scrutiny. As a paying customer, I'd be incentivized to buy hardware and services from the most reputable sellers: best machines, best data bank or broker, best inter-connecting, best storage, best interfaces, best software environment, etc. Privacy, modularity and compatibility, backed by solid legislative guarantees globally.