Well, it wasn't an OS from the beginning. It was a DOS application that provided ... windows. Someone just forgot to rename it to "Processes" or "Files".
Myself I found it amusing that servers had Windows (NT).
I am truly not mad at either of those guys. At the end of the day they gotta live their lives the way they see fit. But it is a real bummer that we are unlikely to see the end of either series. And unfortunately for up-and-coming authors, it makes me very leery of picking up any unfinished series again.
I recognize this "thinking the thoughts twice", and sometimes feel that the "fast" thoughts have to wait for the slow ones (language wrapping) to catch up. Then I try to skip the second phase and let the fast ones roam at full speed, expecting brilliancy. Never succeeded yet, but not giving up.
But hey, we make them send out “IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM _____ BANK” letters every time they change the pages-long legalese that allows them to sell all your data, and of course people read those from all the companies sending them and keep up on all the written mail-in opt-outs that expire.
GDPR is a disaster but the intent was good. Here in America we just say go for it.
Myself I found it amusing that servers had Windows (NT).