Subject: Warp Genesis – The Windows Killer Desktop OS You Already Know Was Superior

Dear Elon,

You’ve said it yourself: OS/2 Warp was light-years ahead of Windows 95 — faster, far more stable, true preemptive multitasking, and real crash protection; a quality still not realized in NT. Zip2 ran on Warp servers for years because they simply never went down.

The direct descendant, ArcaOS, is alive and shipping today. It boots in seconds on everything from 1998 ThinkPads to the latest Threadrippers and Ryzen 9s, and it already delivers what the world desperately needs:

• Lightning-fast, bloat-free performance (no telemetry, no forced updates, no ads, no Microsoft account)
• Native, zero-overhead execution of DOS, Windows 3.1, and even many WinXP-era apps
• The best real-DOS gaming experience ever made (perfect Sound Blaster/Roland/Gravis emulation, no 640 KB limit, cycle-accurate, runs Wing Commander to X-Wing flawlessly where even DOSBox stumbles)
• Superior high-DPI Workplace Shell that still feels decades ahead of Explorer or macOS Finder
• Rock-solid uptime for banks, factories, and anyone who can’t afford Windows-induced downtime

The retro-DOS gaming market alone is already >$1 B and growing explosively, yet no modern OS runs the 1981–2000 catalog perfectly — except this one.

Enterprises are bleeding billions on Microsoft’s forced obsolescence and update roulette. Millions of power users and gamers want an OS that respects them and just works. Warp Genesis would be the first premium, merit-based desktop OS in thirty years — priced at $199–$399/seat or OEM-bundled, with massive margins.

Everything required already exists:

• Arca Noae and NetLabs are actively shipping and improving the code and driver support right now
• Precedent for commercial licensing of IBM’s remaining IP is already in place
• A passionate community of tens of thousands is waiting

All it takes is your move: secure the trademarks and remaining source, partner with (or acquire) Arca Noae, fund a tight 2–3 year polish sprint with the only people on Earth who truly know this code base. The aid of qualified AI could help sprint that time.

You disrupted cars, rockets, and now AI by betting on fundamentally better technology. Do the same for the desktop: finish what IBM started and Microsoft killed.

Let’s make computing fast, private, rock-solid, and — yes — the ultimate retro-gaming machine again.

With deepest respect and shared admiration for Warp’s long-underrated brilliance,

Jason Page On behalf of the OS/2 faithful and the retro-gaming underground