>>>>I really really like the idea - but it seems like one of those things that's just too good to be true. I will wait for a while and see how it progresses before I put any $ down.
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>>As with most simple ideas or solutions to complex problems, you need to observe that if it were so obvious/easy, anybody could do it. And would have. E.g. there has to be a reason why MS isn't putting proper Windows OS onto phone devices that have more storage and processor power than my first 286. Wonder what it is.
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>Your 286 never had a "proper" Windows OS.

Up to 3.1 version there was at least a clear distinction between OS and graphic shell: it was easy to just install Dos to have an uncluttered system. Same was doable in OS/2 at start (AFAIR I worked on 1.1 and did not need to install the "Presentation Manager" and Linux held out for pure command line installs much longer ;-)

NT was stable, but the fixed link to graphic shell and its needed installs were there rom start ? So I question the term [ "proper" Windows OS]
;-)

I think the trend for dockerized environments mirrors the need to define and deploy in "basic OS functionality" vs. balloning "OS" installs needed in traditional VMs.