Dieter Bohn Does the world need a new operating system?

Google's Fuchsia project has been one of my greatest frustrations as a tech journalist. It's a whole new operating system, developed in the open, but with zero official statements about why. It's basically one big, "LOL, you can't read code" prank on me, personally. Most of what I know about Fuchsia involved digging through thousands of lines of C++ and Dart and trying to compile it in my head. Fuchsia is an elephant, and I'm a blind man with access to a few elephant bones.

All that to say, I'm grateful for a new report from Bloomberg with access to some sources "familiar" with Google's thinking on the project. It doesn't really answer anything definitively. In fact, it seems like there's no definitive answer for the why of Fuchsia. But it offers some good hints.

In my opinion, the world is overdue for a new operating system. Linux is full of design decisions that don't necessarily make sense for a minimal, secure, stable, performant, and personal operating system. Fuchsia is an opportunity to rethink everything, and to discover if better technology is possible with a fresh foundation. It's the best kind of prank.