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by millstone 2646 days ago
In this scenario, what's the point of having more than one OS?
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Same as with POSIX - different implementations of the same standardized interface that target different hardware, and have different quality of implementation (possibly optimized for different use cases).
Differences of opinion in what/how to run code outside of whatever browser people decide the sandbox boundaries are.
For end-users, I'm not convinced that there is one.

Well, besides keeping competition/innovation alive.