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    Failed Mobile and Desktop OSes That Time Forgot
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    Image of TheWerewolf - Sotto voce TheWerewolf - Sotto voce
    07/11/09

    In reply to Failed Mobile and Desktop OSes That Time Forgot
    Wow... does that ever bring back memories. And I *knew* AmigaOS and BeOS would be on the list. I'm surprised GEM (also known as AtariOS, but they were just one users of it) wasn't on the list.



    I'm not sure I'd call CP/M a *failed* OS. It was a major OS in its day. It's more than the computer world moved on from the paradigms that defined it. In the same way, I think it's a wee bit too early to say desktop Linux has failed, although I certainly get their point.



    It HAS been "The Year of Unix/Linux" for a LONG time now...
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    07/11/09

    In reply to Failed Mobile and Desktop OSes That Time Forgot
    That's cool. My first "real" computer ran OS/2. I've also played around with BeOs.
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    Image of dlomax dlomax
    07/11/09

    @Barry99705: What did your non-real computers run? I'm looking for a joke involving virtual computers or unicorns and rainbows.
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    07/11/09

    @dlomax: OS i...
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    07/11/09

    @dlomax: C-64 and an Atari 520 ST.
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    Image of omnomnomnom omnomnomnom
    07/11/09

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    Umm, Inferno/Plan 9 is very alive and well. It just didn't live up to the initial expectation in the workstation OS space.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    07/11/09

    @omnomnomnom: Sure, and next year is the year of HURD!
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    Image of Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars
    07/11/09

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    Time does not forget. People do.
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    Image of bfaber bfaber
    07/11/09

    In reply to Failed Mobile and Desktop OSes That Time Forgot
    Ohhh, the linux guys won't like that list.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    07/11/09

    @bfaber: I always wondered if anyone ELSE ever noticed that, well, next year, gosh darn it, NEXT year will be the year of Linux!



    Linux: The No. 1 desktop in the future!
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