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Mention Brendan's phrase "self-fulfilling prophecy"
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=== Assuming It Will Go Nowhere ===
In contrast to above, some people assume their OS will go nowhere. For this reason, manytheir projects have ugly code, have a non-organized directory structure, don't take important aspects ininto account and in general rely on ugly hacks. InWorst realityof all, whilethey thetake chancesdecisions ofthat gettingdon't yourallow OSusability runningand outside of your test machinesextensibility. areThis lowway, theretheir areassumption enoughbecomes advanceda OS projects that started from this veryself-fulfilling communityprophecy.
 
In reality, while the chances of getting your OS running outside of your test machines are low, there are enough advanced OS projects that started from this very community.
We should mention that a well-designed project is more likely to succeed than a project that is full of hacks, therefore don't assume it will go nowhere and aim instead for quality.
 
=== Avoid Ignorance ===
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