[subway]

If the way the Kernel is used in China acts as any indicator, it'll be a hard fork that gets discarded every few years for a new hard fork.

[jandrese]

Ouch, that's the worst of both worlds approach. Insecure and you get all of the work to re-port the code regularly.

[lawlessone]

>and you get all of the work to re-port the code regularly.

Secure job though, with predictable repeatable work.

[TomMarius]

Aren't you always guaranteed (and required to have) a job in China? That's how it was in Eastern Europe before the fall.

[faitswulff]

Not anymore. That was known as the "iron (rice) bowl," but that governmental job security has long since been removed from most positions.

[imron]

No. It hasn't been that way in China for maybe 30 years now.

[TomMarius]

Oh, okay. Which part? Both, or just the compulsory employment?

[imron]

Both. China is not really a communist country anymore except in name.

[fspeech]

I read that the fork is from an older version of Chrome so it could work with XP.