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Are you deliberately trying to discourage this person to the point where they give up and quit? The negativity throughout this thread is making me want to just

• sydd 9y ago
  While I dont agree with the tone of the post above, I agree with the content. While its a noble thing to try to build a new phone OS, I dont see the slightest chance that it will take off. Look at others who tried and failed: - Ubuntu trying basically the same with an estabilished brand, mobile experts, a huge community,.. - Mozilla. Here same as Ubuntu - Microsoft. Yeah, they were closed source, but had almost endless $$$ to throw at their project. Heck they even bought one of the biggest mobile brands (Nokia) and failed. - Other smaller ones like Tizen, Sailfish OS,... So me being negative is just being realistic.
  • dTal 9y ago
    "I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu)..." Now Linux is the most widely used OS in the world, and the "big and professional" GNU still doesn't have a production-ready kernel release. We need this project, or something like it. We need a Free OS for phones. I actually find the HN negativity on display here encouraging; it worked for Dropbox.
  • 5ilv3r 9y ago
    > So me being negative is just being realistic. No, just plain rude.