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> Having a single rendering technology to support would be preferential Really? I prefer there are a few, but mostly compatible techs in that space. This is th
by cies 5y ago
> Having a single rendering technology to support would be preferential
Really? I prefer there are a few, but mostly compatible techs in that space. This is the VM that runs almost all desktop (client) software these days. Having only one implementation would IMHO be a disaster.
- throw3849 5y agoJava has only single dominant JVM, but in several flavours. It is doing fine.
- cies 5y agoJVM has many competing implementations[1]. Also it is not used by clueless end users, but by tech workers. They will protest is JVM gets "phone home" "features" and other bloatware privacy-killing crap. End users of browsers do not have this insight into their tools. Yes, Oracle's JVM is dominant (but not on Android, which is a huge installed base). So is Chrome in browser land. Still good that Java has many, and FF exists. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Java_virtual_machines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Java_virtual_machines
- wayneftw 5y agoSame with the Linux kernel and it's got a larger codebase than Chromium.
- beej71 5y agoI hear this argument, and it makes sense... But a lot of us still pucker up if you mention the word "IE6" and we never want to risk going down that path again. :) There's a balance between diversity and monopoly that can be struck.