Calyx Institute: A Case Study in Grassroots Innovation

[mika]

@starkle

Let me put it this way: GrapheneOS is a superior OS, you agree. The only thing CalyxOS has going for it is that it supports a couple more devices—that’s all anyone brings up. Why not fork GrapheneOS with the goal of porting it to more hardware? GrapheneOS has suggested the idea.

This is what I mean by opportunity cost: CalyxOS puts all that effort into making their own OS and end up duplicating a lot of work done better by GrapheneOS. That is a waste, and I really don’t like non-profits that waste time and money.

They worked together in the past. From what I recall Graphene requested Calyx not use or modify their code any longer.

@starkle

I heard you the first time. I’m not saying it’s terrible trash. I’m saying there’s an opportunity cost when time and money is spent on something that isn’t as good as something else. That’s just true by definition.

I was extrapolating outwards from you calling the entire organization “pointless.”

Calyx does some decent work in the FOSS and privacy space. And as I and others laid out it’s always good to have alternatives. If what they do isn’t relevant to you then great, you do you. That doesn’t make them “pointless” (or “grifters,” as another user posited).