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True in theory, but in practice due to our economy being based on growth at all costs, iOS doesn’t really fit the bill anymore. Nowadays even iOS will randomly change its UI and send you “notifications” or “suggestions” (modern euphemism for “ads”) to subscribe to Apple TV* or iCloud.
> Nowadays even iOS will randomly change its UI You and I have very different ideas of “random” I think.
It mentions preemptive multitasking as one of its features. Are there any operating systems that still use cooperative multitasking?
RISC OS uses cooperative multitasking: http://www.riscos.info/index.php/Preemptive_multitasking
Can anyone validate whether this is real? I tried contacting the guy who wrote it but the Companies House address for his company (Rocklyte) bounced the letter.
The most impressive thing is being on 0.9 after nearly 30 years
It's so old, that the 3D icons and window borders will be new again when 1.0 is released. Talk about some long-term vision. But jokes aside, I always enjoy reading about custom OSes.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
True in theory, but in practice due to our economy being based on growth at all costs, iOS doesn’t really fit the bill anymore. Nowadays even iOS will randomly change its UI and send you “notifications” or “suggestions” (modern euphemism for “ads”) to subscribe to Apple TV* or iCloud.
> Nowadays even iOS will randomly change its UI You and I have very different ideas of “random” I think.
That sure seemed random. It sure isn’t functional.