Ask HN: Have you ever waited for a project to be launched but it never did?

3 alganet 2 7/28/2025, 5:34:02 PM

You're kind of waiting for someone to release something so you can use, but it never gets released.

I'm sure many people can relate to that feeling!

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mikewarot · 26m ago

I expected Genode to show up as complete capabilities based operating system that could be used stand alone environment, with PowerBox controls replacing file dialogs, and some interesting ideas about security and command lines.

I strongly suspect they've been encouraged not to do that for ... reasons

supportengineer · 2h ago

I expected Microsoft to create their own Linux distribution which was completely compatible with existing Linux features and protocols but added new support to directly support Microsoft features.

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Ask HN: Have you ever waited for a project to be launched but it never did?

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