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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. The real question is... by greg_barton · · Score: 4, Informative

    The real question isn't "why don't they catch on?"

    It's "why do they ever catch on?"

    Changing your OS changes everything about your computing environment. It's like saying, "I know you like this air stuff you're breathing, but...wanna to try this nifty hyper-oxygenated liquid to breathe? It has so many advantages, and it's really cool!"

    Would you make the switch?

  2. Re:Duh.... by Thom+Holwerda · · Score: 5, Informative

    This isn't my first article and no, I'm not new.

    click (got featured on /.)

    click (got featured on /.)

    here

    Just a small selection. I've written over 20 or so articles. Just do a little Google search before insulting someone, would you?