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And what happens when Google decides to move in a different direction and drop development of Chromium? It's highly unlikely but Google does have a track record

And what happens when Google decides to move in a different direction and drop development of Chromium? It's highly unlikely but Google does have a track record of dropping projects and products for the most obscure and obtuse of reasons.

zozbot234 5y ago
We'll just go back to KHTML.
farseer 5y ago
Fork Chromium?
- krapp 5y ago
  I've been assured by Hacker News that this is effectively impossible for any entity without Google's resources or budget.
  - farseer 5y ago
    True that. I think a large corp such as Microsoft would gladly sponsor Chromium were Google were to abandon it. It is also suicidal to fork the Linux kernel but you do it if the necessity arises such as Android.
    - paulryanrogers 5y ago
      Isn't Android striving to minimize its changes to Linux kernel?
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    I mean, Microsoft tried to build a Chrome killer (Edge) put real money and talent behind it, and failed. So now Edge is a Chromium fork, which is sad.
    - raydev 5y ago
      > Microsoft tried [...] and failed. They didn't fail, they quit. You can't build something as enormous and complex as a modern and performant web browser that keeps up with modern standards for only 3.5 years. They did the same with Windows Phone but worse, since they had to reset development twice or three times and there was a growing ecosystem of third party apps that got tossed around. That's not trying. Microsoft doesn't try, they make very brief attempts and then give up just as soon as people start paying attention to them.
      - anamax 5y ago
        > They didn't fail, they quit. You can't build something as enormous and complex as a modern and performant web browser that keeps up with modern standards for only 3.5 years. Not so fast. Edge was more "performant" but Google, specifically YouTube, screwed them. Microsoft has seen this before from the other side, namely "Windows isn't done until Lotus won't run".

zozbot234 5y ago

We'll just go back to KHTML.

farseer 5y ago

Fork Chromium?

krapp 5y ago
I've been assured by Hacker News that this is effectively impossible for any entity without Google's resources or budget.
- farseer 5y ago
  True that. I think a large corp such as Microsoft would gladly sponsor Chromium were Google were to abandon it. It is also suicidal to fork the Linux kernel but you do it if the necessity arises such as Android.
  - paulryanrogers 5y ago
    Isn't Android striving to minimize its changes to Linux kernel?
- HWR_14 5y ago
  I mean, Microsoft tried to build a Chrome killer (Edge) put real money and talent behind it, and failed. So now Edge is a Chromium fork, which is sad.
  - raydev 5y ago
    > Microsoft tried [...] and failed. They didn't fail, they quit. You can't build something as enormous and complex as a modern and performant web browser that keeps up with modern standards for only 3.5 years. They did the same with Windows Phone but worse, since they had to reset development twice or three times and there was a growing ecosystem of third party apps that got tossed around. That's not trying. Microsoft doesn't try, they make very brief attempts and then give up just as soon as people start paying attention to them.
    - anamax 5y ago
      > They didn't fail, they quit. You can't build something as enormous and complex as a modern and performant web browser that keeps up with modern standards for only 3.5 years. Not so fast. Edge was more "performant" but Google, specifically YouTube, screwed them. Microsoft has seen this before from the other side, namely "Windows isn't done until Lotus won't run".