iansjack wrote:
If a hobbyist OS developer has any sense of realism they know that there is a better chance of them winning the lottery than there is of the "average user" ever using their operating system. (But I do appreciate that some here have little sense of realism.)
There are a lot more avarage users than programmers. There are a LOT more avarage users than OS developers. There is usually something wrong if the chance of "avarage users" using the OS is smaller than the chance of "programmers or OS developers" using the OS. It should be much more likely that avarage users use the OS. If the chance is like winning the lottery, then the next points are likely to be true:
- No one knows the OS. (Non-technical problem)
- It is impossible for average users to install the OS. (Technical problem)
- It is impossible for average users to use the OS. (Technical problem)
Of course, sometimes OS developers want to maximize their OSs unusefulness.