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>Google de-facto controls the development of Blink So you believe that Google will continue to de-facto control Blink's development even if Microsoft allocates
by hollerith 7y ago
>Google de-facto controls the development of Blink
So you believe that Google will continue to de-facto control Blink's development even if Microsoft allocates as much money to the development of Edge Chromium as Google does to that of Chrome (which by the way I'm guessing is closer to 1000 full-time developers and security experts than it is to 100 developers and security experts) and if the management of the development of Edge Chromium is at least as competent as that of Chrome?
- saagarjha 7y agoI think that a high-performance team of even a hundred would probably be able to match Google’s efforts on Blink; another browser engine is doing this already. But when you’re working on an engine with another company, I think it’s generally difficult to have too much control of the direction the project is going without hard forking, as Google probably realized themselves when Blink was created. Plus I’m not sure how much effort Microsoft is putting into this and whether they’re trying to exert any control on the engine.
- int_19h 7y agoIt's not so much about the money as it is about the market share. What gives Google so much control is that if they unilaterally make the change, it goes out to all the existing Chrome users - and it becomes the de facto standard simply because they are the majority. If and when the new Edge can take enough market share, that might change. But I don't think this is happening anytime soon.