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What was the market for Linux when it came out ? The thing was a copy of an existing OS, made by a guy in his spare time. What was the market for php when it c
by rakoo 6y ago
What was the market for Linux when it came out ? The thing was a copy of an existing OS, made by a guy in his spare time.
What was the market for php when it came out ? It was just a few helpers to write web pages, simpler to use than perl that already existed at the time
What was the market for go when it came out ? Yes, it did have a few modern things built-in, but there were already tons of widely deployed languages.
And yet here we are. I don't need to tell you how successful each of those is today. I don't mean to say that Fuchsia will definitely be useful or deployed in any large fashion; just that "there is no market" is not a valid counterpoint to the development of a new project.
- khazhoux 6y ago> What was the market for Linux when it came out ? The thing was a copy of an existing OS, made by a guy in his spare time. > What was the market for php when it came out ? It was just a few helpers to write web pages, simpler to use than perl that already existed at the time The markets were clearly there (and huge!) for a free Unix-like OS and for a better replacement for CGI scripts. The fact that some people didn't see the potential for Linux or PHP, is wholly separate from their market opportunities. The question here remains: where is the market today for a new micro-kernel OS? The likely answer would have to be device-makers... but which ones can actually benefit from Fushcia?