What if I told you there is an immensely popular operating system that you likely used it at least once, but did not realise what it was?
In fact, it is so popular and important there is an IEEE standard based on it.
It is uncanny how immensely popular AND immensely obscure this system is.
It is scary that until today I have never even heard of its reference desktop implementation.
The system is called “TRON”.
Nina Kalinina
This Mastodon thread is OSAlert bait. Delicious.
TRON is everywhere. Digital watches, microwaves, sensors, chips and all kinds of things.
I remember reading, in depth, about TRON getting on for 40 years ago after reading an article in BYTE. It really had the Americans worried at one point!
Well, it sounds like it “succeeded” based on the “TRON is everywhere” comment above. Why doesn’t it worry the Americans now though? Why didn’t the desktop version ever get enough traction for me to hear about it before now?