10th anniversary of the first public Genode release

[John J. Karcher]

On 08/13/2018 08:29 AM, Norman Feske wrote:
> Dear Genode community,
> 
> as announced in the most recent Genode-Labs newsletter [1], we can
> celebrate the 10th anniversary of Genode this year.
> 
> [1] https://www.genode-labs.com/news/newsletter/newsletter-2018-07
> 
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> 
> Genode has reached the age of one decade! This is fascinating from
> various perspectives.
> 
> First, we still vividly remember the time when we founded the
> project like if it was yesterday. We remember asking ourselves
> the question how we imagine Genode Labs in ten years. Well, it
> actually looks pretty much exactly like we had envisioned: A tight-
> knit group of enthusiastic and energetic minds working without
> friction in an enjoyable environment, a healthy open-source
> ecosystem, having earned the trust and recognition of highly
> reputable people. Our dream has become reality.
> 
> Second, it took us more then 10 years to transform our initial
> vision of an ideal operating system into the software that runs so
> nicely on our laptops now. With the common perception of a rapid
> and ever accelerating evolution of technology as a background,
> this time frame feels like an eternity. But now, we are here.
> 
> Third, maintaining a sustainable business over this long period
> while retaining independence is not easy. But it is possible and
> a fulfilling experience we would not want to miss.

Congratulation, Genode Team!

Watching from afar, this is very inspirational.  It shows that bold 
ideas can be brought to fruition, through a combination of realistic 
planning, patience, and careful management (and a little luck, I assume).

Here's to the next ten years!

-- 
   John J. Karcher
   devuser at alternateapproach.com