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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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