I think he misunderstands the state of STEPS. STEPS was impressive, however it was far from feature complete compared to a modern desktop. They didn't (and pos

I think he misunderstands the state of STEPS. STEPS was impressive, however it was far from feature complete compared to a modern desktop. They didn't (and possibly can't) solve for the essential complexity in modern specifications. eg. If they had to implement HTML5 with quirks the size would have ballooned, no matter how beautiful and clean the implementation was. And then there are drivers, like the pile of closed source poop that are the broadcom wi-fi drivers. To really do it right, you have to open up all of the stack starting down in the hardware, and then socially engineer people to less complex and bloated standards. Without losing valued functionality. A very tall order.