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Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?

358 points ofalkaed | 1 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
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dannyobrien ◴[11 Oct 25 23:16 UTC] No.45553583[source]▶
Midori, Microsoft's capability-based security OS[1]. Rumor has it that it was getting to the point where it was able to run Windows code, so it was killed through internal politics, but who knows! It was the Fuchsia of its time...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_%28operating_system%29

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1. drnick1 ◴[12 Oct 25 03:43 UTC] No.45555021[source]▶
The technical foundation seems interesting, but knowing Microsoft this would have just become yet another bloated mess with it's own new set of problems. And by now it would have equally become filled with spyware and AI "features" users don't want.