[Anunayj]

> We need an OS that controls the entire machine, and defends itself completely from applications. Until we have that, nobody is going to want your new app.

I can think of one thing like this, the web browser! Sure it isn't a OS, but damn it can run one.

[mikewarot]

So you'd be willing to open any random website on the internet?

I don't trust any browser that much. I never worried about the shareware disks and my PC, ever.

[Anunayj]

Frankly, yeah. Like yes, zero day vulnerabilities exist, and things can sometimes escape the sandbox. But I don't think a sandboxed OS will be free from them either.