[hutzlibu]

Why should they think that?

The gutenberg press was used in the real world. There are lots of OS being used in the real world for real work.

So why should someone in 500 years think this is more relevant, than for example Linux?

And if there is a real collapse, then I also do not really believe everyone makes a run for collapseOS. There are other options: all the ones, tinkerers and hackers use already today.

[TheUndead96]

We don't know how history will pan out. Just wanted to share the weird feeling I sometimes have about current events. For all we know, post-collapse technology could be based off QMX reverse-engineered from luxury vehicles. It's just fun to think about how events can have that unexpected butterfly effect. I sometimes catch myself with the implicit belief that we are "late" in the story of history. But given the possible expanse of time, we might be the "hunter-gatherers" of a civilization we cannot even begin to comprehend. This might just be the second of the dark ages.