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> That's why we need a precise, unified, and well designed OS/VM layer. Only then we can run and update the same app on many systems with ease.

Is this not exactly why the web has become a platform for apps? And wouldn’t all of the issues inherent in the web also then apply to this OS you describe?



Web is built for client-server architecture. And that's what we've got - bunch of big companies, storing all the data, and our thin clients downloading only the part we look at.

Urbit is built for p2p architecture.




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