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You maintain your own browser so that you can influence the development of the web. For example, Apple used Safari's influence to push touch events, Microsoft t
by CHY872 12y ago
You maintain your own browser so that you can influence the development of the web. For example, Apple used Safari's influence to push touch events, Microsoft tried to use its influence to standardise pointer events, Google's been pushing NaCL, Dart etc.
In order to consistently have weight with changing CSS, HTML rendering etc you basically need your own browser - and most of the changes we've seen in the last few years have come out of Google, Mozilla, Microsoft, Apple.
- brc 12y agoThere is also the issue of your army of tech staff doing demos and presentations using your competitors tools, or shipping your operating system with somebody elses browser installed. Microsoft need a browser and always will.
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