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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2005-12-29
I see the device drivers as the main problem.A Unified Device Driver model for OS's be a major step foward, the problem is however is its pretty bad when even under NDA ATI/Nvidia wont release specs to developers. Perhaps if the government was really worried about Microsofts monopoly they would look into their relationships with video card manufacturers. Especially since ATI's does the XBOX's chipset now. The old excuse is competitve advantage is why they dont release them, but its mainly believed to be they are worried they are stepping on someone else's patents. Which if this is the case the U.S. govt. should be all over them since they allow bogus patents anyway.