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> Why shouldn't Microsoft do something similar when they have different goals? They explicitly said they wouldn't fork Chromium.
by pcwalton 7y ago
> Why shouldn't Microsoft do something similar when they have different goals?
They explicitly said they wouldn't fork Chromium.
- skybrian 7y agoSure, for now, and maybe for years. Chrome upstreamed patches to WebKit for a while. But the point is, they can fork, so that means Chrome doesn't have full control.
- anoncake 7y agoMicrosoft couldn't maintain a Trident-based browser compatible with the Google-controlled web. They won't be able to maintain one based on Blink either.