posted 19 years ago
IMHO (based on experience with Win and Linux not much Mac):
Current OSes haven't really changed dramatically in more than a decade. The basic file structure, linking, searching, and saving of documents is vertually unchanged. I would limit this discussion by stating that, in my opinion, the OSes responibilities do not include the ability to deal with various media/archive/file types other than basic text (and I question even basic text).
My question(s) is:
Is there a need for a new OS?
What major differences would there be from the current offerings?
How would such a thing get developed?
My initial offering:
I think it is past time for a radically different OS.
Proposed change:
Get rid of the current, fragile, tree file structure. I would replace it with a tagging system that could be made to look the same, but would allow better searches, multiple 'locations' (which would really just be tags) of files without duplication (replacing the idea of links or shortcuts).
I have a couple other ideas, but I'd like to see what is out there.
How would it get developed?
I think it would take an organization willing to invest a large amount of capital and time into development. Something which I think is highly unlikely.