Re: Wait, what ?
Windows 10 and iOS don't have to be great, they just have to be better than whatever people are trying to write from scratch. Where are the great kernels from the rest of the world that are making people consider abandoning Windows, iOS, Linux and Android?
In reality it probably doesn't matter, China doesn't need to write an original from scratch kernel when they can use Linux as they see fit. They can fork Darwin if they want one not encumbered by the GPL that can remain closed source.
Sure we all know it is possible to do better than Linux and Darwin, but no one is - at least not with any real market success. How long the FSF been plugging away on Hurd? If Google ever finishes Fuschia who the heck is going to commit to using it given their history of getting bored and canceling most of what they start? So where's the need for China to do something original, when no one else is?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
