Do you expect all cars in all countries in all situations to have the same engine? Do WANT all cars to have the same engine?
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@mollydotcom what does the consumer or the web developer gain from browser engine competition?
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@jearle CHOICE. An open web built for humans demands it. It's that simple.
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@mollydotcom choice is what’s happening. Everyone is choosing WebKit.
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@jearle Forced choice. Opera going in that direction is a business, not technology decision, based on interop.
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@mollydotcom there’s IE and Gecko. Choice isn’t going away.
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I can't choose IE unless I run a VM. IE is not interoperable hence it could be argued it's not even a web browser. @jearle

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@mollydotcom IE is pretty interoperable, last I looked. But you're right it's not cross-platform. /c @jearle
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Just to be clear Joshua, my comment isn't any slight toward IE's impressive progress @allenjs merely philosophical banterings :) @jearle
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@mollydotcom I don’t think anyone can seriously argue IE isn’t a web browser.
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I can @jearle. The Web's fundamental purpose is interoperability across platforms and OSs. If true anything that breaks that rule isn't Web.
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@mollydotcom And I agree that competition in mobile is a good thing. We now have two engines with double-digit share on mobile /c @jearle
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@mollydotcom @jearle The simple fact that IE isn't operable on an OS other than Microsoft Windows, sucks! #choiceispower #supportW3standards
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@mollydotcom @jearle current version is Win 7+ only