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Re:The Browser You Loved to Hate by simonw on Thursday November 29, 2012 @12:26PM (#4848911)
A browser rendering engine is a pretty crucial piece of strategic infrastructure for an operating system company. Having future features controlled by a competitor isn't a great place to be in.
Re:The Browser You Loved to Hate by RandallBrown on Thursday November 29, 2012 @12:45PM (#4849056)
webkit isn't controlled by a competitor necessarily. It's an open source project with contributors from lots of companies. Apple started it, so they likely have the most say right now but I think plenty of people at Google have a bit of power. I'm sure that if Microsoft was to put serious effort into it, they would get decision making power too.