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> I hope more organizations started to invest in fuchsia before it dies inside google. I hope they don't. There is no incentive to contribute to such a project

> I hope more organizations started to invest in fuchsia before it dies inside google. I hope they don't. There is no incentive to contribute to such a project where you have 0 influence - especially when it is steered directly by a potential competitor. From Fuschia's governance page: > Google steers the direction of Fuchsia and makes platform decisions related to Fuchsia. While Googlers contribute substantially to Fuchsia’s code base, the Fuchsia project encourages contributions from anyone, not just from Googlers [1]. Why would any other tech company contribute to something like this? [1] https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/contribute/governance/governance https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/contribute/governance/govern...

adql 4y ago
I'd imagine any company trying to contribute to android would nope the fuck out of even trying to contribute to any google-led project. Also it appears to be in the weird niche between "big" OSes like Linux and "microncontroller/embedded OSes" like FreeRTOS or seL4, with outward-facing features begin "It's from google" and "it's new"
hollerith 4y ago
Although they probably can't call it Fuchsia, the license is such that anyone can create a fork of Fuchsia.
vineyardmike 4y ago
> Why would any other tech company contribute to something like this? It’s a new OS without a lot of the baggage and legacy stuff of Linux/etc. I agree the Google-influence makes it hard, but it could be a valuable target for other companies IOT work. They’d probably need to maintain a fork though.
- selfhoster11 4y ago
  If said “legacy stuff” are things like an ethos of user freedom, then I don’t see a reason to keep Fuchsia.
  - vineyardmike 4y ago
    I was thinking more that legacy stuff meant memory safety bugs and decades of design choices made for devices with radically different hardware profiles than most used today. But sure that too…

adql 4y ago

I'd imagine any company trying to contribute to android would nope the fuck out of even trying to contribute to any google-led project. Also it appears to be in the weird niche between "big" OSes like Linux and "microncontroller/embedded OSes" like FreeRTOS or seL4, with outward-facing features begin "It's from google" and "it's new"

hollerith 4y ago

Although they probably can't call it Fuchsia, the license is such that anyone can create a fork of Fuchsia.

vineyardmike 4y ago

> Why would any other tech company contribute to something like this? It’s a new OS without a lot of the baggage and legacy stuff of Linux/etc. I agree the Google-influence makes it hard, but it could be a valuable target for other companies IOT work. They’d probably need to maintain a fork though.

selfhoster11 4y ago
If said “legacy stuff” are things like an ethos of user freedom, then I don’t see a reason to keep Fuchsia.
- vineyardmike 4y ago
  I was thinking more that legacy stuff meant memory safety bugs and decades of design choices made for devices with radically different hardware profiles than most used today. But sure that too…