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Notably, this is a microkernel, multiserver operating system[0].

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarmonyOS_NEXT

Huawei is very present at EuroRust and seem to look for a lot of people to hire.

I guess it makes sense, I was curious why they would want people to work on e.g. Servo since Firefox is already available on Android... now I know :) Their team there made a pretty good impression for the record, they were knowledgeable and pitched their projects quite well (several of them quite interesting).

I find it interesting how Huawei was able to make a nearly brand new microkernel operating system in a short amount of time, meanwhile Google with Fuchsia...

Despite it being Huawei, I am interested to see how well the OS plans out.

Fuchsia was a success for its developers: they created something new and shiny at Google, which would allow them to receive their promotion.

HarmonyOS NEXT is probably a lot more existential for Huawei.

That is a good example of how politics are much more relevant than technical achivements, and anyone that dispels technology based on failure to gather mainstream adoption is lacking the whole picture.

Certainly Fuchsia failed on the brand front with so many people misspelling it as Fuscia (:

That should have been obvious from the get go, no chance most people are going to spell that correctly

It's more of an internal name like Darwin/XNU is for Apple.

They could of just made it a new version of Android.

Honestly, I think Fuchsia was fine, there's just no reason to deploy it yet.

Didn't Google deploy it to some of its smart speaker devices a while ago tho?

Yes, https://9to5google.com/2024/03/01/fuchsia-16-nest-hub-whats-...

However it is quite clear by now, this is the best Fuschia will ever get, and it is mostly a top level software engineer retention program.

It's a shame because Fuchsia would go a long way to solve the Android update mess that's partially caused by how Linux does drivers/kernels for ARM and that Android was never made to have generic updates like desktop operating systems, much of the design stemming from the embedded world it was originally made for.

Time to... (check notes)... break up Google and somehow sanction Google so they themselves can't use Android anymore and you get Fuchsia on the Pixel line. That's how you push alternative OS thesedays.

see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41934156 for more details

Looks like a whole new OS to find exploitation for. Interesting.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that L4 kernel was an inspiration.

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