That's pretty interesting. WebKit-based browsers currently have about 30% of desktop browser market share, and basically all of the mobile browser share (iOS, A

That's pretty interesting. WebKit-based browsers currently have about 30% of desktop browser market share, and basically all of the mobile browser share (iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Nokia, but not Windows Phone). Combined with Firefox's 25%, that's a clear lead for open source. On the web, open source has always had the lead in infrastructure, but it's only recently started winning on the end-user side as well. It seems like browsers on TVs will be won by OSS before it's even started. The new Panasonic and Samsung TVs are going to be using WebKit. The Google TVs are a done deal. The PS3's browser is apparently WebKit too. Much like mobile, the only holdout is Microsoft with the XBox. I guess I'm beginning to wonder, why even bother keeping Internet Explorer closed? At this point everyone else is competing on UI while sharing core code and utterly winning while doing it. I can't even imagine how much time and money Microsoft is spending trying to keep up with the thousand eyes and hands of its competition, all just to maintain feature-parity, without even thinking of competing in UI or otherwise innovating. This is Microsoft v World, a tough fight even without all their competitors cooperating. As is, it's utterly unwinnable.