arstechnica.com — "In open source terms, this may be as big of a deal as the gcc and egcs merger of yonder days. KHTML and Webkit, once forked, are now being unforked, and KDE developers are leading the effort. Webkit is used by Apple and Nokia."
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euvirtualJul 24, 2007
unforked? Don't you mean merged?
dragon76Jul 24, 2007
It only matters if people are actually using their phones on the Web. Just because Apple sells say, 10 million Macs doesn't automatically mean everyone is using Safari. Same goes for Windows. A Windows sale ≠ an IE user.
dragon76Jul 24, 2007
If you'd read the article you'd know that all WebKit users are Apple users since Apple was the one that forked and still maintains WebKit. The point of the merger is basically to get more open source people back in the decision process of what goes into WebKit. Right now there are a LOT of things WebKit does besides just render HTML. It is a rendering engine, not solely an HTML rendering engine. You can check Apple's developer docs to see what other things will render with WebKit besides HTML.
sint4xJul 24, 2007
THANK YOU...One step closer to forcing IE to follow standards... (ya right - but i still hope)
eeanJul 24, 2007
To "fork" has a special meaning in open source... its not just creating a branch of some software, but is also a political division.