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Microsoft Abandons Internet Explorer 8 Development for Firefox 3
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RE: Microsoft Abandons Internet Explorer 8 Development for Firefox 3
Doesn't quite sound right - they wouldn't embrace something with less than 20% of the market share - it's hardly a threat to them.  The majority of people will still be using whatever comes preinstalled with Windows.

I might check Mozilla's license scheme.  If it allows commercialisation and doesn't require the source to be redistributed (ie GPL), then this sounds somewhat feasible (another case of Embrace, Extend and Extinguish).


Edit: Hmm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License
Haven't really looked deep, but I don't recall Netscape ever releasing it's source code for later versions.  Maybe the code can be kept private...
(This post was last modified: 18/06/2008 05:51 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)
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RE: Microsoft Abandons Internet Explorer 8 Development for Firefox 3 - ZiNgA BuRgA - 18/06/2008 05:49 PM

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