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That's absurd. Why would anyone publish a list of upcoming features and then mention which competitor they're borrowing them from?
by jm4 17y ago
That's absurd. Why would anyone publish a list of upcoming features and then mention which competitor they're borrowing them from?
- MikeCapone 17y agoIt's certainly not unheard of in the open source world to say that you've been inspired by another project. I recently watched an official video by Googlers about the Chrome extensions, and they mention Firefox by name many times.
- pavs 17y agoYup, even on chrome blog, on recent videos they have mentioned webkit/safari/apple contributions several times.
- jm4 17y agoThat's not an accurate comparison. That's an improvement to the rendering engine that's shared between them. They all have the feature. It's a different story when you're talking about a feature you're planning to implement and then mention the competitor who already has it. It's just plain stupid.
- jm4 17y agoYes, but, unlike some open source projects, Mozilla is out to make money from the project and their income is generated almost exclusively through a search deal with this particular competitor.