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Isn't that how Linux started?

• paxys 8mo ago
  No, not at all
  • hu3 8mo ago
    For all I know Linux started a hobby project from one person. So entertain me if you disagree.
  • hungryhobbit 8mo ago
    Actually, that's exactly how it started: read Linus Torvalds' "Just for Fun".
    • paxys 8mo ago
      Was Linux owned by a large company? Was the maintainer getting paychecks from that company? Was it profit motivated? Was it released as an AI experiment? If the similarity is "they are both open source projects" then so are about a million others. 99.99% of them don't get any traction beyond the first week.
      • rovr138 8mo ago
        The similarity is to, > You think you'll get better long-term support from an experiment that a single engineer did in his spare time? Linus started it as an experiment. That's a single engineer doing it on his spare time. Do you think Linux doesn't do long-term support right? The one changing the goal post is you. https://github.com/cloudflare/vinext https://github.com/cloudflare/vinext It is MIT licensed. It can be used and maintained by anyone. If it'll get adoption like Linux did, that's different. But the base is there.