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Definitely good points, and a few of them were admittedly way over my head in terms of applied knowledge.

But it sounds like you're pointing to applied-need systems, like POS or IOT situations. I can see the usefulness there, completely.

I guess I meant more in the mainstream realm, replacing readily what consumers would opt to use.

I am going to have to read up on a number of the items you raised, thanks!

[nickpsecurity]

Good chunk of the list were in desktop or server roles. Good call on at least one or two being useful in embedded. Here's a UNIX alternatives list I made a while back that you might find interesting:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10957020

Idea was whether there were better architectures.