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Linux kernel development survives because its biggest users develop it. It's certainly possible for a browser to survive that way, but Konqueror doesn't seem t
by geofft 6y ago
Linux kernel development survives because its biggest users develop it.
It's certainly possible for a browser to survive that way, but Konqueror doesn't seem to be terribly successful.
- throwaway3699 6y agoIt's also worth thinking that many of those big users are also the very adtech companies people are hating on here, but for some reason it's fine to fund kernels and not web browsers with ads.
- josefx 6y agoIt would be interesting to know if Google engineers regularly commit kernel patches breaking Microsoft's Azure integration while pushing people to Google cloud.