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Re:The SeL4 Microkernel: An Introduction [pdf] by nine_k on Sunday March 23, 2025 @01:50PM (#43454506)
Also an illustration how an open-source solution, even if technically inferior, would displace a closed-source solution, even if technically superior, unless there is a huge moat. And huge moats usually exist only in relatively narrow niches.
Re:The SeL4 Microkernel: An Introduction [pdf] by vacuity on Sunday March 23, 2025 @02:03PM (#43454587)
It turns out that success is composed of 90% luck, 10% marketing, and 5% talent/technical advantage. A rhetorical question: how do you entice people to turn a movement into a revolution when it isn't likely the movement will succeed?
Re:The SeL4 Microkernel: An Introduction [pdf] by necovek on Sunday March 23, 2025 @03:44PM (#43455338)
Another rhetorical question: out of luck/marketing/technical advantage, which one is contributing the most to the extra 5% out of 105% of all the components success can be attributed to?