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posted by martyb on Monday January 28 2019, @10:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the remember-when-browser-war-was-IE-vs-Netscape? dept.

Microsoft Engineer Causes Online Wrath After Saying Firefox Should Use Chromium

Mozilla should give up on its own browsing engine and switch Firefox to Chromium, a Microsoft engineer said in a series of tweets, as what the company does right now is "building a parallel universe that's used by less than 5 percent."

The message posted by Microsoft Product Manager Kenneth Auchenberg has triggered an almost instant reaction from the user community, with most of the replies pointing out that building alternative products that can compete against Chromium is vital for the health of the browsing ecosystem.

"It's time for @mozilla to get down from their philosophical ivory tower. The web is dominated by Chromium, if they really *cared* about the web they would be contributing instead of building a parallel universe that's used by less than 5%?" he tweeted.

"I couldn't disagree with you more. It precisely *because* Chromium has such a large marketshare that is vital for Mozilla (or anyone else) to battle for diversity. I'm shocked that you think they're not contributing. "Building a parallel universe"? That *is* the contribution," web developer Jeremy Keith responded.

[...] Auchenberg's message has obviously received more acid replies, including this one criticizing Microsoft's recent browser changes. "Just because your employer gave up on its own people and technology doesn't mean that others should follow," Asa Dotzler tweeted.

Also at ZDNet.

Previously: Microsoft Reportedly Building a Chromium-Based Web Browser to Replace Edge, and "Windows Lite" OS
Mozilla CEO Warns Microsoft's Switch to Chromium Will Give More Control of the Web to Google

Related: Is Google Using an "Embrace, Extend..." Strategy?
Google Denies Altering YouTube Code to Break Microsoft Edge


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by insanumingenium on Monday January 28 2019, @11:37PM

    by insanumingenium (4824) on Monday January 28 2019, @11:37PM (#793308) Journal

    It is just surreal watching people respond "remember when IE6 broke the web for their Microsoft's gain" and a Microsoft employee unironically states open source makes it different this time. Not only does history repeat, it gets weirder each time.

    He also lists a bunch of projects he is implying have a single implementation each, not the least of which being TCP and C++. So the guy is CLEARLY out of touch with the world I live in.

    This guy is acting a clown, is there some reason I am not aware of I should take him seriously? I don't tend to follow who's who, but I don't think I have heard this guy's name before, is there any reason to think his opinion is worth the electrons rerouted to view it? What does he manage for Microsoft? Hopefully not Edge, though that might explain a lot with their recent surrender. Cause so far this just looks like slightly more geeky than normal clickbait.

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