If this "research" will qualify for the Ig-Noble awards next year.

as they get older. Think back to a time when you were half your age you are now, aren't there some things you thought were right (or wrong) that you have since changed your mind on?

I know I have. I used to, for example, think welfare served a good and noble purpose. Not anymore.

The US will be "punished" because of this, despite the fact the emerging 3rd world has a pass on pollution because of past environmental treaties.

You watch, our taxes will go up again, so corporations can "clean up their act" (and pass the cost onto us)

Then I could forget all the terrible things that have happened to me in my life.

I could start fresh in the world.

You have somewhat of a point. The point however, is that makers like Dell, Samsung, Acer, etc have enough $$$ sitting in the banks to start writing their own drivers, and then approach companies like Adobe and strike up a partnership. "You write for X new OS, we put your software on our PCs"

Sure it's a gamble, but it beats slowly withering on the vine.

Potentially, but if you get enough people through, say kickstarter, (or some other crowd-sourcing site) to cough up enough dough, then bring that was of cash to Adobe and say "here is a million dollars, port PhotoShop to RedHat Linux" then maybe you'll have some adoption.
Money talks, everything else is a dream

Applications.
You want marketshare? Get real-world professional applications (Adobe alone would entice me) on board with your OS, otherwise you're simply dreaming.

Linux on the desktop was never even a remote reality for anyone sane enough to consider. Apple didn't kill it (for the same reason Windows, or BeOS, or OS/2 didn't), lack of professional applications did

Be bold, tell MS to piss off as the exclusive OS maker, and make new gear for a new OS.

Yes it came be done, BeOS for example, made by a handful of people, did things that no OS could for years.

Had any large PC maker had the balls to stand up to MS and supported it, think where it could have been by now.
This is what we need, new thinking, new vision, MS is dragging (or holding) that down.

So go on HP, try it Dell, take the plunge Acer, be innovative Samsung, let go of the MS teat and see what you can accomplish.

To see my enemies buried. After that, I don't care.

It's got two things going for it

(a) it's a manual
(b) it's a TVR

(for those that don't get (b), you really have to know what you are doing to start one, look up Top Gear for more info)

Joylent (green) is no long made of people? ...sorry, couldn't resist

Sounds like PeterB on arstechnica, excpet PB can't post one sentence free of profanity. He only got the mod role there on the forums by whining and crying about it. Knowledgeable, sure, but a complete asshole as well

Very accessible, minimal (or none) profanity and sex, very funny (Jed the Dead) and insightful (Nor Crystal Tears)

ADF all the way.