alt Hacker Newswe would never have had Linux at all
Maybe sco and similar would have managed to fight against windows, but i suspect online would be decades behind what it is without the freedom we knew in the 80s and 90s that so many HN pundits are salivating to grow away.
Maybe a minitel system would be better - we would t have the problems of social media at least.
Well, sure. But being free *from* a few bad things is rarely worth it when the price is giving up being free *to* do a lot of other good things.