Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
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Re: Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
#2This Bloomberg article has several shortcomings.
1. "Android and Chrome OS are built on Linux, a widely used open-source programming language."
Here they mix up the Linux kernel with the Java programming language.
2. "Moving from Linux, though, could have upsides for Google. Android’s use of the technology, which is owned by Oracle Corp., is at the center of a lengthy, bitter lawsuit between the two companies. Shifting away from using Linux would help Google’s legal case that its software isn’t reliant on Oracle."
While here they mix up the Java programming language with the Linux kernel.
Re: Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
#3This Bloomberg article has several shortcomings. 1. "Android and Chrome OS are built on Linux, a widely used open-source programming language." Here they mix up the Linux kernel with the Java programming language. 2. "Moving from Linux, though, could have upsides for Google. Android’s use of the technology, which is owned by Oracle Corp., is at the center of a lengthy, bitter lawsuit between the two companies. Shifti…
Imagine the horrors if Oracle "owned" Linux...
Re: Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
#4This Bloomberg article has several shortcomings. 1. "Android and Chrome OS are built on Linux, a widely used open-source programming language." Here they mix up the Linux kernel with the Java programming language. 2. "Moving from Linux, though, could have upsides for Google. Android’s use of the technology, which is owned by Oracle Corp., is at the center of a lengthy, bitter lawsuit between the two companies. Shifti…
Imagine the horrors if Oracle "owned" Linux...
Then I’m sure Unix or FreeBSD would be more prevalent for servers.
Re: Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
#5This has been percolating along for a few years, no? I remember hearing vague announcements about a Fuchsia project for a while.
Re: Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
#6Is it fair to describe this as a rewrite from scratch kind of project?
Re: Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
#7This has been percolating along for a few years, no? I remember hearing vague announcements about a Fuchsia project for a while.
I don't think there's been much in the way of announcements, but yes, this has been in progress for a few years. It's being developed in the open, with a public github repo.
Re: Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
#8Is it fair to describe this as a rewrite from scratch kind of project?
no. it's not a rewrite of android, or (at this point) android-compatible in any way.
it's a brand new operating system that google is experimenting with.
Re: Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
#9I am really surprised Microsoft isn't doing something like this. They are losing the OS war.
Re: Project Fuchsia: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android
#10Is it fair to describe this as a rewrite from scratch kind of project?
no. it's not a rewrite of android, or (at this point) android-compatible in any way. it's a brand new operating system that google is experimenting with.
It will need some form of compatibility to get a foothold in the market, though.