@PurpCat I honestly don't trust any government to fork a kernel. More chance to put in a backdoor.

@xianc78 @PurpCat
No one would use it outside of government organisations and state-owned companies, which would probably have to if they pass a related law, but I won't expect them to be adding features either — same as with "Russian alternative" to… anything really, it would likely become another sinkhole for government spending and would die out of natural causes (lack of interest) in a couple of years.

@xianc78 @PurpCat
Besides, no one is denying participation — everyone can still send in patches, no one's even stripping them of their credits for contributing, the devs were excluded from *MAINTAINERS* only — had they handled it better, shit wouldn't even hit the fan. But Linus not only did it like an asshole (his usual thing), but as an utter dumbfuck too — I'm not new to this, but even I was somewhat… bamboozled🤪

@PurpCat
That is so! When it comes to industrial equipment and heavy machinery, a lot of stuff still gets imported through proxy countries, with consumer stuff the overhead costs make it non-viable though and yes, China became a major player: more than half of cars imported last year were Chinese brands, most consumer electronics is Chinese too.
With computer equipment I was always skeptical about this whole localisation thing…

@xianc78

@PurpCat
Most "localised" hardware is rebadged Chinese solutions, but when it comes to software it's even worse — no one wants to touch anything Russian unless required by the law: I can remember government organisations still investing in solutions based on Oracle and even DB2 and buying new licenses in 2016 (!), when it was already obvious that it would become a problem really soon. And I'm pretty sure they still use all that — just without support or paying licensing fees.

@xianc78