The key new "feature" of Fuschia is that its stable ABI makes closed-source drivers easier to write in the short term, relative to Linux. As a result, the vast majority of Fuschia drivers will be closed-source. Don't you agree?
I believe supporting a stable API and closed-source drivers will result in a technically inferior, more complex, less stable kernel. The Linux model of including all the drivers in a single open source codebase, where the drivers can be refactored and improved along with the rest of the kernel, is a genuinely superior way to develop a kernel, which produces a genuinely technically superior product. I just hope Google realizes this before they sink too many millions into Fuschia.
Anyway, what I said is that sandboxing isn't a substitute for open-sourcing. They are complements, not substitutes.
FUD. L4 is the most widely deployed kernel in the world.
> Anyway, what I said is that sandboxing isn't a substitute for open-sourcing.
Given reality, something must substitute for open source drivers. Sandboxing is certainly the obvious choice.