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Re:Opera moves to WebKit by afhof on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @05:04AM (#5212292)
...until differences in ideas about how a rendering engine /should/ work came up and webkit is forked.
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Re:Opera moves to WebKit by takluyver on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @05:49AM (#5212415)
That's not really a problem. Experimenting by forking the dominant rendering engine is much more convenient than experimenting by building your own rendering engine from scratch. If your fork has advantages, it's also easier for other people to use your work.
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Re:Opera moves to WebKit by gcp on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @06:24AM (#5212530)
Experience suggests this works for small evolutions, but not more revolutionary changes.
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