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Network World is owned by International Data Corp (aka IDC, IDG) and this[1] blog author seems to think that they are the puppet of Microsoft. While I certainl
by roder 16y ago
Network World is owned by International Data Corp (aka IDC, IDG) and this[1] blog author seems to think that they are the puppet of Microsoft. While I certainly cannot make an argument one way or another, this raises the question of how valid this report is.
I couldn't believe when I read this article that in related content, the top item was "IE9 tops Chrome, Firefox in HTML5 Compatibility"[2]. That's what made me research if there was any connection between Network World and Microsoft.
[1] http://techrights.org/2010/06/11/idc-idg-and-propaganda/ http://techrights.org/2010/06/11/idc-idg-and-propaganda/
[2] http://cl.ly/3A0q1F2o44000u1O2P3l http://cl.ly/3A0q1F2o44000u1O2P3l
- sudont 16y agoNot to mention that Safari and WebKit are specified as two different, ranking products on this list.
- DisposaBoy 16y agoAren't they different? The fact that they use roughly the same engine doesn't count for very much. It's the implementation that matters.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoSafari consumes WebKit (as does chrome). They are not merely "roughly the same engine", one uses the other.
- sudont 16y agoAnd, since Webkit is a development branch, it’s extremely unfair for it to be used as a “target” in this sense. It’s going to have tons of security fixes, because it’s bleeding edge code.
- DisposaBoy 16y agoYes, it's the same engine but only in that they came from the same source. Even in the cases where they were exactly the same unpatched source from upstream, they wouldn't really be the same. E.g I can trivially freeze midori which uses webkit, I can do it to many others. If Midori or any of the others had security bugs, it doesn't mean that Chrome would have it as well therefore they can't be classed as the same.