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I would say, forget dogmas. Take the standards, that work well, and throw away the bad parts. No reason to stick with what didn't work in the first place.
rewrite to give more freedom
compat is a nice side effect, but not a goal

since there is no stable version yet, a lot of things are decided in disscussions

general prupose os
currently only i386, x86_64 planned
dropping i386 in favor of x86_64, when it's finished

rolls with its own bootloader

getting a lot of traction recently

reusing drivers is difficult

no multiuser, yet, but not much needed to complete