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Why can't we have something like Linux in the web browser world? A web browser built by the community that does not depend on a big bag of money for its continu
by blux 5y ago
Why can't we have something like Linux in the web browser world? A web browser built by the community that does not depend on a big bag of money for its continued operation.
Surely writing an open-source operating system that drives the world cannot be harder than writing a web browser? Or am I missing something?
- lbriner 5y agoThat's what Mozilla was originally. However, like many things, maintaining the very fast moving world of web is easier when you have a paid team, which leads to the business, which leads to corporate politics and thinking that a good CEO is worth multiple millions.
- DeathArrow 5y agoBut Linux has a lot of contributions from developers payed to do so by many companies. Linux isn't made solely by hobby developers in their spare time.
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- MikusR 5y agoOnly about 15% of Linux is made by community. Rest is done by huge companies.
- jitl 5y agoThe project you’re talking about - a massive open-source project written mostly by the employees of huge companies - is Chromium. Chromium is written by two large companies, plus some consultants and such payed by smaller companies. Or at least, Chromium is closer to the Linux model than Firefox.