It is odd that such a fine O.S. failed. I guess three is the number of O.S. survivability in the mainstream, Win,Mac,Linux.
I wonder what was on the minds of Commodore when Open Source came on the scene.
I do not think that would have been the reason to rehash some of there technology the way they did.
I will have to research the 80's and 90's to get a better idea.