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Interesting timing, given the Samsung+Mozilla+Servo news today.

nornagon 14y ago
Servo's been around for a while: https://github.com/mozilla/servo/graphs/commit-activity https://github.com/mozilla/servo/graphs/commit-activity
- drivebyacct2 14y ago
  I know (been playing with it and rust for some time now), but it's not received half the attention it received today. I mean, the Verge covered it...
coldtea 14y ago
Yes. Announcing this especially today seems like a "fuck you" at Samsung. Downvotes? Anybody thinks that two companies that are in some heat over Android/Tizen et all, just coincided to release information about new rendering engines on the same day? As if rendering engines are announced every other day, right?
- fpgeek 14y ago
  How is announcing Blink a "fuck you" to Samsung? Exactly which side, if any, of the Blink/WebKit divide do you think Samsung is on? And in terms of Servo, Blink makes Servo more likely to succeed, not less, by breaking open the (mobile) WebKit monoculture.
- cromwellian 14y ago
  Did you ever consider that the launch date had been scheduled a long time ago?
  - coldtea 14y ago
    How does that invalidate what I said? The only requirement for "stealing thunder" is for one party to know in advance the scheduled date for the other party.
- sanxiyn 14y ago
  This is a conspiracy theory. PR moves take time, so both Servo and Blink announcement probably baked for many weeks. The best explanation is both PR teams thought today is a good timing, probably because it is right after Easter holidays.
  - coldtea 14y ago
    >This is a conspiracy theory. Yes. And sometimes conspiracies happen. Conspiracies don't always involve aliens, illuminati or such. Sometimes they are as simple as "let's secretly aid the Contras in Nicaragua". Or "let's do our PR move at the same time to piss them off". >PR moves take time, so both Servo and Blink announcement probably baked for many weeks. Which makes it even more technically possible for someone to have learned of the other's date in advance, during all those weeks, and decided to announce his on the same date.

Servo's been around for a while: https://github.com/mozilla/servo/graphs/commit-activity https://github.com/mozilla/servo/graphs/commit-activity

drivebyacct2 14y ago
I know (been playing with it and rust for some time now), but it's not received half the attention it received today. I mean, the Verge covered it...

coldtea 14y ago

Yes. Announcing this especially today seems like a "fuck you" at Samsung. Downvotes? Anybody thinks that two companies that are in some heat over Android/Tizen et all, just coincided to release information about new rendering engines on the same day? As if rendering engines are announced every other day, right?

fpgeek 14y ago
How is announcing Blink a "fuck you" to Samsung? Exactly which side, if any, of the Blink/WebKit divide do you think Samsung is on? And in terms of Servo, Blink makes Servo more likely to succeed, not less, by breaking open the (mobile) WebKit monoculture.
cromwellian 14y ago
Did you ever consider that the launch date had been scheduled a long time ago?
- coldtea 14y ago
  How does that invalidate what I said? The only requirement for "stealing thunder" is for one party to know in advance the scheduled date for the other party.
sanxiyn 14y ago
This is a conspiracy theory. PR moves take time, so both Servo and Blink announcement probably baked for many weeks. The best explanation is both PR teams thought today is a good timing, probably because it is right after Easter holidays.
- coldtea 14y ago
  >This is a conspiracy theory. Yes. And sometimes conspiracies happen. Conspiracies don't always involve aliens, illuminati or such. Sometimes they are as simple as "let's secretly aid the Contras in Nicaragua". Or "let's do our PR move at the same time to piss them off". >PR moves take time, so both Servo and Blink announcement probably baked for many weeks. Which makes it even more technically possible for someone to have learned of the other's date in advance, during all those weeks, and decided to announce his on the same date.