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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago (4 children)
  • Zune / Windows phone
  • Smart glasses
  • GNU Hurd
  • Microsoft Silverlight
  • Firefox OS / Devices
  • (soon) SpaceX / Blue Origin
  • Make America Great Again ๐Ÿคฃ
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

A kernel made by GNU

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Make America Great Again

I'd argue that MAGA was successful for its true purpose. It is a slogan that perfectly encapsulates a reactionary mindset. Actually improving America is secondary.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

Improving USAmerikkka wasn't even the intention anyway. It was just improving the lives of white people, mostly just rich white people, with a few crumbs and a lot of racist thinking handed down to the poor white people.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Windows phone had an AR maps app ahead of its time. That app was good.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

It's the windows way. Have some good ideas but completely fail in any other regard.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I believe there is a fork of Firefox OS made for flip phones.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

yep, it's call KaiOS. It's an alternative + symbolic successor of Symbian.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

It doesn't seen to be open source. Which is a damn shame and definitely not Mozilla's vision for their project.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

It's very sad, only the core, a fork of B2G, is open (MPL).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

See, this wouldn't be a problem if they used GPL. The issue is that MPL stipulates that the modified files must be open source, while the GPL says that any derivative work must be open source.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago

The same problem happens with the trademarks. That is one of the reasons to rebranding the mozilla products in FOSS projects (GNU Icecat, Iceweasel, etc.)

Even with Rust.