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Then what about ChromeOS? Do you think they're trying to build a "full-fledged" OS for the modern era, with safety and security in mind, but not as lightweight
by sdegutis 10y ago
Then what about ChromeOS? Do you think they're trying to build a "full-fledged" OS for the modern era, with safety and security in mind, but not as lightweight as ChromeOS?
- maxerickson 10y agoIt's likely to be lighter than ChromeOS. ChromeOS was a locked down userspace on top of Linux. Fuchsia gets rid of the Linux.
- ori_b 10y agoLinux may be hacky, but it isn't exactly heavy.
- swiley 10y agoLinux was the only remotely useful, sane, and lightweight part of ChromeOS.
- bitmapbrother 10y agoIt was also the primary vector for security vulnerabilities.
- iainmerrick 10y agoI think this is a symptom of internal rivalries at Google. Seems like a combination of Dart (arch-rival to Go) and ChromeOS (arch-rival to Android). That's not necessarily a bad thing -- Google's M.O. has always been to try lots of different things at once. But it may mean they literally don't have a solid long-term plan for it yet.
- greenhouse_gas 10y agoYup, and the end user/developer suffers. Why should I rewrite my Android app just because Google can't work out their internal politics? And yes, I know that you'll probably be able to run Android apps on Fuchsia, but what about bitrot? Will JVM-language based Android be put on Life Support?
- weberc2 10y ago"arch-rivals"? That's overly dramatic. Go and Dart are hardly competing with each other, as are ChromeOS and Android.
- iainmerrick 10y agoI was being a little tongue-in-cheek, sure, but only slightly. They're both fairly recent languages, both representing a vision of how to fix the mistakes of the past. I'm sure the leaders of the teams see each other as rivals.