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 know, I was just being pedantic about difference between interoperable and cross-platform :-) /c @jearle
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Replying to @ColdWarDefector
@allenjs @jearle Pedants? In OUR industry? Please say it ain't so . . .

Apr 4, 2013 · 12:49 AM UTC

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@allenjs Takes one to know one, I confess. ;) / @jearle
Replying to @mholzschlag
@mollydotcom @jearle LOL, I'm trying to control it, I swear! Pedant's are so annoying!
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