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Hiroshi Lockheimer has publicly stated several times that there is no merger of Chrome OS and Android. https://chromeunboxed.com/some-andromeda-perspective-hir

by jm_l 10y ago

Hiroshi Lockheimer has publicly stated several times that there is no merger of Chrome OS and Android. https://chromeunboxed.com/some-andromeda-perspective-hiroshi-lockheimer-emphatic-on-separate-oss-moving-forward/ https://chromeunboxed.com/some-andromeda-perspective-hiroshi... I think you alluded to this, "cue endless debates over the semantics of that, and what it all entails," but it might be worthwhile to add the official statement.

techenthusiast 10y ago
I recommend looking through all the open source commits :)
ktta 10y ago
But there are frequent commits to multiple repositories on the fuchsia code base[1]. I don't really see where Google is going with this, if it's neither meant to replace chrome OS or Android. Maybe a long term project? I think Google is at a position where they can write a great OS from scratch, learning from the mistakes of others, and it has a chance of becoming the greatest OS that ever was. With the talent of it's engineers, they can bring new ideas that can be better implemented, from scratch on a new OS. They already have a bunch of languages, web frameworks, and so many more technologies from Google that can be well integrated in this. And looks like the project is mostly BSD licensed, which is great! I'm excited for just that alone. [1]:https://github.com/fuchsia-mirror https://github.com/fuchsia-mirror
Roy0 10y ago
This is like Apple saying they are committed to PPC right before they announced the intel transition, or Nintendo stating that "The DS will not replace the GBA". If they become successful in building that OS, that statement will be thrown away as something they had never said. If they stumble upon roadblocks while trying to build this, they will have this statement to back them up. It's typical market-o-speech. They are not actively working on this : https://github.com/fuchsia-mirror/modular/commits/master https://github.com/fuchsia-mirror/modular/commits/master For no reason.

by jm_l 10y ago

techenthusiast 10y ago

I recommend looking through all the open source commits :)

ktta 10y ago

But there are frequent commits to multiple repositories on the fuchsia code base[1]. I don't really see where Google is going with this, if it's neither meant to replace chrome OS or Android. Maybe a long term project? I think Google is at a position where they can write a great OS from scratch, learning from the mistakes of others, and it has a chance of becoming the greatest OS that ever was. With the talent of it's engineers, they can bring new ideas that can be better implemented, from scratch on a new OS. They already have a bunch of languages, web frameworks, and so many more technologies from Google that can be well integrated in this. And looks like the project is mostly BSD licensed, which is great! I'm excited for just that alone. [1]:https://github.com/fuchsia-mirror https://github.com/fuchsia-mirror

Roy0 10y ago

This is like Apple saying they are committed to PPC right before they announced the intel transition, or Nintendo stating that "The DS will not replace the GBA". If they become successful in building that OS, that statement will be thrown away as something they had never said. If they stumble upon roadblocks while trying to build this, they will have this statement to back them up. It's typical market-o-speech. They are not actively working on this : https://github.com/fuchsia-mirror/modular/commits/master https://github.com/fuchsia-mirror/modular/commits/master For no reason.