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The need for alternative/open platforms grows daily.

Big fan of alternative OSes. I would add the word: viable to alternative/open platforms.

In lots of use cases this just means a modern, up-to-date, browser. Firefox OS had the potential to become instantly viable but Mozilla (I feel) was working with blinders on.

Haiku and ReactOS are at the cusp. ArcaOS (the latest OS/2 incarnation) would be jaw-dropping exciting if somehow (not likely) they went Open Source.

Aside from the major commercial players, distroLinux and the BSDs... I don't see lots of viability out there (sadly). Maybe Android x86 (though it's frustrating to use as a Desktop OS)...?

RedoxOS might become interesting as it's written in a new, memory-safe language. Although it's not quite clear if that language and RedoxOS itself can handle the security challenges...

FirefoxOS was eye opening when I picked up one of the cheap $40 ZTE phones they were promoting with it. It ran extremely well on the bottom of the barrel SOCs vs similarly spec'd android phones. I was sad to see it gone so quickly.

Heck, the number of alternative and open platforms grows daily.

That follows logically from the GP's comment.

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