News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: Why doesn't MS open-source Edge instead of switching to Chromium?.

Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't MS open-source Edge instead of switch... by ronsor on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @06:27PM (#18659960)
They may have third-party code they aren't allowed to release.

Edge isn't very portable outside of Windows, it's just the cleaned up and refactored IE Trident engine. The same one we've technically been using for two decades.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't MS open-source Edge instead of switch... by qwerty456127 on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @12:49PM (#18665992)
> it's just the cleaned up and refactored IE Trident engine. The same one we've technically been using for two decades.

Then why does IE still exist alongside Edge?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't MS open-source Edge instead of switch... by happppy on Thursday December 13, 2018 @06:52AM (#18671624)
because IE is still being used in some places.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't MS open-source Edge instead of switch... by beatgammit on Thursday December 13, 2018 @10:16PM (#18678152)
In some very wealthy places that don't want to change.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't MS open-source Edge instead of switch... by happppy on Monday December 17, 2018 @06:28AM (#18698284)
I heard NASA uses IE
[ Parent | on HN ]