alt Hacker NewsOS design basically stagnated in the 90s. Sure, we had NT, but that was putting a dos flavoured suit on VMS. BeOS was promising, but fizzled out quickly. Everything else has either been research or for the embedded market.
OS design basically stagnated in the 90s. Sure, we had NT, but that was putting a dos flavoured suit on VMS. BeOS was promising, but fizzled out quickly. Everything else has either been research or for the embedded market.
Android and iOS increased security, but at the cost of much flexibility and user agency. It's some kind of progress, but I certainly wouldn't want them for Real Computers.