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> Nobody is ever get paid to write a new kernel as everyone can just use Linux Not that it negates your point in any way, but lots of people are paid lots of m
by tredre3 2y ago
> Nobody is ever get paid to write a new kernel as everyone can just use Linux
Not that it negates your point in any way, but lots of people are paid lots of money to write Zircon (Google Fuschia's kernel) which is intended to replace Linux in many scenarios.
- LtWorf 2y agoSo they are paid to write a useless toy. While people who write the useful code are not paid.
- surajrmal 2y agoIf people didn't do the work for free in open source, then companies who need that functionality would in fact be forced to pay for it, although it may not necessarily be open source in turn. It's hard to complain about the state of open source because people choose to put themselves in these predicaments. If you need money to sustain the project, asking for donations is not really an adequate plan.
- LtWorf 2y agoWhy do companies prefer to waste money on useless projects rather than donate to projects they actually depend on?
- pjmlp 2y agoSadly it went nowhere, it remains to be seen how long it will take to join Android Things, Tango, and other Google OS related projects. Yes I am aware it is shipping on Nest Hub.
- surajrmal 2y agoIt's open source and you can track how active it is by commits per week. It's still a very active project. It's a bit disheartening to see people make random armchair judgements.
- pjmlp 2y agoVery active keeping Google engineers busy, that is certainly indeed. What matters after almost 15 years, with a couple of major rewrites, is when it will ship on anything else besides Nest Hub.
- surajrmal 2y agoI will note that the number of people who actually work on the Zircon kernel directly is relatively small. Zircon is a small fraction of Fuchsia's codebase. However if you widen your view to include things that are not in the kernel but would be in Linux the math lines up better.