Nice thought ... but it'll never happen. Microsoft has NEVER incorporated any open source toolkits or libraries into their products (I'm happy to be proven wrong on this point): in fact, it seems that Microsoft is forced to develop a half-assed proprietary alternative to any mature open source technology or freely licensed technology rather than use it. This even extends to languages: J++ vs. Java, C++ vs. C# ... Microsoft suffers from a terminal case of Not Invented Here syndrome.
A recent example? Microsoft announced Velocity in June, a "distributed in-memory application cache platform for developing scalable, available, and high-performance applications" ... yep, it's Memcached. The only way IE will end up using WebKit is if: a) They buy it (unlikely) b) They redevelop it (but then it won't be WebKit, will it?) M. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philip Arndt Sent: Sunday, 7 September 2008 11:00 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: [phpug] Re: [OT] Google releases a new web browser Rather than that.. it'd be great if Microsoft just adopted WebKit or something rather than sticking with Trident. On 7/09/2008, at 10:58 PM, Don Gould wrote: > > dw wrote: >> thinks its only the firefox users who try out another browser - ie >> users will stick with what they got. > > Yes I can't help thinking that we need to start thinking up some > more UI > features to get IE users to make the move. > > Cheers Don > > > Scanned by Bizo Email Filter --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
