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It will send it to an early grave.

Early? SkyOS is more than 10 years old.

Sixth question (this is meant well - I'm a big SkyOS fan)

** Why on earth not a dual license instead of the insane closed source approach? **

I truly believe that SkyOS would stand a better chance than, say, Haiku at surviving as an "alternative" OS and at attracting developers if it was open, at least having an open "community" version which would include the kernel and drivers, but zero or few apps (I'm sure there are other commerical models, including service, etc)

Edited 2007-07-05 14:11

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I think that's more than just a little presumptuous – especially given that at the moment it's one of the cheapest commercial OSs.

It would have been nice if you went into a little more detail to explain why you're predicting it such a demise.

People only buy Windows (except when they pirate it, and except when they get it with a new computer: they still pay for it, but they are not fully aware) and, very occasionally, OS X updates.
They expect to get every other OS for free. And let's be honest, sometimes they get something really good for free. Take Debian as an example, which supports 11 Architectures, with over 20,000 applications available for each one.
Concluding: even €30 is a lot for people who aren't used to pay, especially considering that SkyOS is bound to have few apps and limited hardware support.

Edited 2007-07-05 22:40

As my momma used to say, if you don't have anything good to say, post it in a forum!
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