Linked by Eli Gottlieb on Wed 28th Dec 2005 13:29 UTC
Right now the situation for developers of minor operating systems seems somewhat bleak. Windows and the Unixes compete in the server world, and Windows and MacOS X compete on the desktop. Linux even gets ported to every embedded device, leaving few niches for the hobbyist or sidelined operating system developer. Some have even gone so far as to say that New Operating Systems Won't Stand a Chance. As anyone who reads OSNews can tell you, however there are a wealth of new systems with new ideas that just aren't taking off. Given all these new ideas some - like capability security from EROS for example - should be good enough to catch on, so why aren't they?
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2005-07-12
I read the article. It's about niche operatings systems and their place in the global operating eco-system. It postulates that niche operating systems won't stand much of a chance in taking a significant share of the user base of the existing eco-system, thus necessarily remaining niche.
Linux was a niche operating system in 1992, it is not today. People couldn't fly 200 years ago, they can today. The internet was an exclusive 20 years ago, it's inclusive today. This concludes my analysis for today.