The amount of time and effort you've put into something has no bearing on its quality, and thus whether it deserves recognition or not. It's absurd to think it does.

> And you'd like to go say what they've made is worthless?

It's patently obvious that it's worthless. What possible use does it serve? Morbid curiosity is the best you can say for it.

> We should always be charitable to others who've made something, that we may one day be judged by the same measure.

I judge my own work by an even less charitable measure than I'm using on TempleOS.

> Empathy aside: how many operating systems (kernel + userland) have you written, chummer?

This is the most ridiculous/tired response on the face of the earth to all criticism. "How many movies have you made?" "How many hit songs have you written?"

The fact that you even think that's a valid response says more about you than me.