"Why develop in-house software for the core application of the biggest company in the world at the time, worth more than 100B$. Why not just repurpose rinky din

"Why develop in-house software for the core application of the biggest company in the world at the time, worth more than 100B$. Why not just repurpose rinky dink open source browser as some kind of parser, bank our 100B$ business on some volunteers and a 501c3 NFP, that will play out well in a shareholder meeting and in trials when they ask us how we safeguard our software."