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Why New OSes Don't Catch On

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the same-reasons-restaurants-fail dept.

mopslik writes "OSNews has an interesting editorial discussing why smaller operating systems will have a hard time gaining popularity. Familiarity, developer participation, and market saturation are listed as reasons for failure. Although the article focuses mainly on Syllable and SkyOS, I'm sure there are countless other operating systems to which these arguments apply."

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  1. Insightful? by xtal · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    When I ask what they want it for, it is usually 'oh, you know, Word'. My reaction is usually, go get an electronic typewriter and save yourself £800..

    Yeah, because there are no benefits at all to a modern word processor like Word. Stabbing your own industry in the foot?

    Maybe this was meant to be funny?

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