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Ok, total shower thought but what if the likes of Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Acer, Asus etc. got together and said "Guys, let's form a consortium to create a ne
by ItsBob 1y ago
Ok, total shower thought but what if the likes of Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Acer, Asus etc. got together and said "Guys, let's form a consortium to create a new OS (based on Linux, of course) to break the Microsoft hold".
Would it work? Would there be demand?
Hell, I'll run it for them: I just want Windows 2000 with some security fixes :-)
Just a crazy thought but hey, you never know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- stargrazer 1y agoProbably not, based upon the extent to which enterprises have been integrated with Windows. Enterprises use a lot of functionality which is not really visible to the casual user. All that functionality would need to be retrofitted into Linux and we get right back into the whole bloat cycle again.