Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's weird neighbor

Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by moritonal on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:33AM (#37725332)

I think the biggest mistake they made was not succeeding in convincing edge to use Firefox's backend. It was such an obvious move but Microsoft instead have opted for the embrace technique.

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Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by bad_user on Sunday October 01, 2023 @09:58AM (#37726005)

Microsoft wouldn't have anything to gain by forking Firefox, as Chrome was already dominant and Chromium is open source, with more resources going into its development.

Microsoft dropped IExplorer because they were far behind in their implementation and by embracing Chromium they short-circuited the development needed to produce a credible alternative. They had nothing to gain from Firefox and everything to lose, actually.

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Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by moritonal on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:17PM (#37732427)

Never said Microsoft would benefit. I said it was Firefox's failing to convince them of that direction.

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