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Re:We're forking Flutter by rvnx on Monday October 28, 2024 @08:41PM (#41978196)
They want both implementations to compete, and then they deprecate one of them.
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Re:We're forking Flutter by refulgentis on Monday October 28, 2024 @10:36PM (#41978811)
Thats an excellent summary, and its fair for you to assume that question has been settled.
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Re:We're forking Flutter by rvnx on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @05:50PM (#41989774)
(On a serious note), inside Google you tend to get more easily promoted if you launch new products than if you maintain existing products, so it could be tempting for the employees themselves to follow in that direction.
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Re:We're forking Flutter by refulgentis on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @11:36PM (#41991749)
Oh I'm aware (deep foreboding sad voice)
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