I didn't flame at all in my comment. I just recounted the history, as it's known to have happened.

Windows 95 didn't bring that much to the table over Windows 3.1, in terms of basic window management. The taskbar is really about it.

GEM died when DRI lost their stalwart status, as well as when Apple sued them. Amiga died when Commodore refused to innovate in the hardware space, but the engineers always had top-notch innovative OS ideas.