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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.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 29 2019, @01:46AM (1 child)
Nothing more. This arrogant shitstain believes, if only subconsciously maybe, that Chromium *is* an MS product now. So of course its superior. So of course the opposition should switch. So of course MS can then eat it alive.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 29 2019, @12:07PM
Or then he just loves the idea of any evil megacorp dominating the shit out of some sector of life, be it Microsoft or Google.
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever." -- George Orwell (in Nineteen Eighty-Four)