The Fiasco microkernel

Re:The Fiasco microkernel by billsmithaustin on Thursday October 11, 2018 @09:36AM (#18193382)

It means that in English, too.

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Re:The Fiasco microkernel by albuquerque on Thursday October 11, 2018 @09:43AM (#18193440)

Also in French!

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Re:The Fiasco microkernel by simonebrunozzi on Thursday October 11, 2018 @10:03AM (#18193598)

But it's originally an Italian word: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fiasco

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Re:The Fiasco microkernel by escherplex on Thursday October 11, 2018 @10:39AM (#18193877)

Wondered why that name was chosen too. Etymology meaning failure does show it to come from Italian far fiasco = make a bottle = dud theatrical performance. Reminds you of GM motors wondering why their Chevy Nova wasn't selling well in Latin America. Why? In Spanish Nova = No va = It doesn't go (work).

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Re:The Fiasco microkernel by nix0n on Thursday October 11, 2018 @11:20AM (#18194212)

Snopes[0] disagrees with this story.

[0] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanis...

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Re:The Fiasco microkernel by escherplex on Thursday October 11, 2018 @11:40AM (#18194408)

It is still a marketing class cliché [1] however debunked

[1] https://www.thoughtco.com/chevy-nova-that-wouldnt-go-3078090

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Re:The Fiasco microkernel by kayamon on Thursday October 11, 2018 @03:20PM (#18196273)

I believe the name deliberately refers to the licensing fiasco over who owned the original rights to the L4 kernel that the many spinoffs are based on.

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Re:The Fiasco microkernel by dsr_ on Thursday October 11, 2018 @12:16PM (#18194759)

If you knock a glass bottle off of a table, it makes a terrible mess.

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Re:The Fiasco microkernel by sedatk on Thursday October 11, 2018 @12:26PM (#18194848)

In Turkish, too!

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Re:The Fiasco microkernel by the-dude on Thursday October 11, 2018 @10:04AM (#18193604)

And in Dutch!

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