MrOzwaldMan@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhy aren't more people creating new operating systems, considering that macOS, Windows, and Linux were developed by individuals with computer science and programming skills?message-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy aren't more people creating new operating systems, considering that macOS, Windows, and Linux were developed by individuals with computer science and programming skills?MrOzwaldMan@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWe’ve got: windows for the enterprise crowd and gaming macOS for engineers working in an enterprise context and refuse to put up with windows linux for servers BSD for stuff where limiting attack surface is truly critical What other broad use-cases would need to be covered? Or: engineers don’t like reinventing the wheel.
minus-squareAtemu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago engineers don’t like reinventing the wheel. Engineers aren’t the ones to decide whether to reinvent the wheel or not.
We’ve got:
What other broad use-cases would need to be covered?
Or: engineers don’t like reinventing the wheel.
Engineers aren’t the ones to decide whether to reinvent the wheel or not.