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Re:Apple releases Safari 3.1 by henning on Tuesday March 18, 2008 @12:56PM (#139950)
the browser infrastructure is at the OS level? uh oh, didn't that get MSFT in trouble (it wasn't the only thing, but it was a signficant part of the charges)?
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Re:Apple releases Safari 3.1 by thehigherlife on Tuesday March 18, 2008 @01:20PM (#139971)
from wikipedia: WebCore

WebCore is a layout, rendering, and DOM library for HTML and SVG developed by the WebKit project, originally developed by Apple as a fork of KHTML. It is licensed under the LGPL. The WebKit framework wraps WebCore and JavaScriptCore, providing an Objective-C application programming interface to the C++-based WebCore rendering engine and JavaScriptCore script engine, allowing it to easily be referenced by Cocoa-based applications; later versions also include a cross-platform C++ platform abstraction, and various ports provide additional APIs.

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basically it has to update and restart so that all cocoa based apps can use the new version.

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Re:Apple releases Safari 3.1 by jey on Tuesday March 18, 2008 @01:21PM (#139974)
IANAL etc etc, but I think the difference is between "available as a system library" and "integrated into every freaking conceivable corner of the OS".
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