Not really. There are two problems: 1) Developing and maintaing a modern browser is fantastically expensive and yet does not directly make any money. Few organ

Not really. There are two problems: 1) Developing and maintaing a modern browser is fantastically expensive and yet does not directly make any money. Few organisations have that kind of money to burn. 2) Chrome's (and Google's) market share gives them effective control of the "standard". You can fork all the code you like but if you ever stop singing Google's tune you've got a problem. Safari is the only browser able to effectively fight back against these two issues, and only in a limited way (mostly by dragging its feet as much as possible). They are only able to do this because the iPhone gives them a captive audience. Other organisations don't have this advantage.