Advice Request Why don't we see any new operating systems?

[alakazam]

Hardware compatibility, software compatibility, performance, driver availability, software legacy, developers support and maybe bugs and security wise.

There is a reason why Windows 10 is the dominant desktop platform and iOS/Android are the mobile leaders despite big investments from huge competitors like Samsung (Tizen).

Example:

Linux-based Tizen: Critical bugs leave most Samsung Smart TVs open to attack

An independent researcher has discovered vulnerabilities that could potentially allow attacks on every Samsung device running Tizen.

www.zdnet.com

Good news: Samsung's Tizen no longer worst code ever. Bad news: It's still pretty awful

TVs, phones, watches, you all get Sammy's bugs

www.theregister.com

Samsung has the resources, the expertise and the reasons to replace Windows and Android for Tizen OS, but they can't, because after all its efforts it still not near good enough or viable to do so.

If Samsung is struggling, imagine "small" competitors like Mozilla or Ubuntu Foundation ? (Hint: They failed and failed hard).

Or it might be the fact that Samsung are clueless about marketing, just like Microsoft was with Windows Phone. Windows has had security breaches many times and they fixed it. If Blackberry was able to develop a new mobile operating system almost from scratch (BB 10 OS) in a few years, it is possible. The problem is that these companies don't know how to market their products.

 

[CyberDevil]

Why don't we see any new operating systems?​

There are no new operating systems for only one reason. Because the drivers and specifications of the drivers of most devices are closed and protected by patents. In fact, it is not so difficult to create a new system for some specific simple microchip, but as soon as someone wants to release something massively with video acceleration, then you will have to carry bags of money to companies like Qualcomm , so that they make a driver for your system or allow you to make it yourself by reverse engineering. This requires a lot of time and money in itself, but in order for someone to be interested in the new operating system, you also need to port the main frameworks for application development, as well as create a basic infrastructure and ecosystem for delivering updates, getting support, selling applications and games, etc. As a result, the cost of creating a competitive operating system begins to reach billions of euros in the short term and billions more in the future.

 

[Ink]

Each continent should be able to create an operating system. We have intelligent programmers all over the world, from Europe to Africa, to Australia. And let's not even talk about Asia, a pinnacle of digital advancements.

Didn't you say this;

[...] Huawei's silly attempt to slightly alter Android OS and call it Harmony OS [...]

There are new Operating systems;

• Apple release modified versions of iOS for their other devices; iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS.
• Amazon have Fire OS for their Fire TV range.
• Sony PS4 runs Orbis OS (2013-now) based on FreeBSD 9.
• Sony PS5 may be running a custom FreeBSD 12 (Source).
• Xbox runs a modified version of Windows 10 OS.

Not every American-based OS is a success, look at the fall of Microsoft Windows for Phones. It could not compete with the global dominance and power from Google's Android and Apple's iOS (iPhone).

Find more here: Mobile operating system - Wikipedia