Can they implement some new web standard in a shifted away codebase? Or fix a zero day? You seem to vastly underestimate the complexity of a browser engine. Ju

Can they implement some new web standard in a shifted away codebase? Or fix a zero day? You seem to vastly underestimate the complexity of a browser engine. Just letting it stay afloat is a huge task in itself — remember, Microsoft itself decided against doing so. They can maintain a soft fork, but from a much smaller company, it is not a trivial feat at all.