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Compete for what? It's an OS being build from scratch born from the desire to do it, and to have all things in it built from scratch. The project has immense a

Compete for what? It's an OS being build from scratch born from the desire to do it, and to have all things in it built from scratch. The project has immense activity. I absolutely HATE this kind of comment, with it being especially annoying to read on hacker news. Why the hell does everything have to be about gaining a market segment. Why can't something be for the joy of it.

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incanus77 5y ago
This. Linux wasn’t made to compete, either. Nor was PHP. Or even Perl. Serenity hearkens to a time when people made — and shared — things out of passion and the drive to create and refine. It’s what drew me to software development in the first place — an internet-enabled open playground of passion, trial and error, learning, and making.
city41 5y ago
I totally agree with you, don't get me wrong. But I can't help but feel a little sad knowing SerenityOS will never be my daily driver. I feel the same way about Haiku OS.
- nickelcitymario 5y ago
  This was the point I was trying to make. You made it better.
- breakfastduck 5y ago
  There's nothing stopping you adding the bits its missing to be your daily driver.
nickelcitymario 5y ago
"Hate" seems a bit harsh. I started out by saying how much I love everything about the project. If it's not intended to gain mass adoption, then that's fine. I see from some comments that it was started as a way to keep the original maker's mind busy during recovery. I respect that. It doesn't HAVE to be about gaining market share. But when I see a really cool project, it's hard not to immediately look at what would prevent me from using it or what might prevent it from gaining mass adoption. To your point about being annoyed by seeing this on hacker news... you do realize this is a forum maintained by a VC firm, right? This is kinda the place for discussing how new ideas in tech can grow and be disruptive to the market. I'm not saying that's the only thing we can discuss, but it seems weird of you to hate it when this topic comes up. It's an underlying subtext to everything on HN. Am I wrong?

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incanus77 5y ago

This. Linux wasn’t made to compete, either. Nor was PHP. Or even Perl. Serenity hearkens to a time when people made — and shared — things out of passion and the drive to create and refine. It’s what drew me to software development in the first place — an internet-enabled open playground of passion, trial and error, learning, and making.

city41 5y ago

I totally agree with you, don't get me wrong. But I can't help but feel a little sad knowing SerenityOS will never be my daily driver. I feel the same way about Haiku OS.

nickelcitymario 5y ago
This was the point I was trying to make. You made it better.
breakfastduck 5y ago
There's nothing stopping you adding the bits its missing to be your daily driver.

nickelcitymario 5y ago

"Hate" seems a bit harsh. I started out by saying how much I love everything about the project. If it's not intended to gain mass adoption, then that's fine. I see from some comments that it was started as a way to keep the original maker's mind busy during recovery. I respect that. It doesn't HAVE to be about gaining market share. But when I see a really cool project, it's hard not to immediately look at what would prevent me from using it or what might prevent it from gaining mass adoption. To your point about being annoyed by seeing this on hacker news... you do realize this is a forum maintained by a VC firm, right? This is kinda the place for discussing how new ideas in tech can grow and be disruptive to the market. I'm not saying that's the only thing we can discuss, but it seems weird of you to hate it when this topic comes up. It's an underlying subtext to everything on HN. Am I wrong?