Timeline for Why develop free, open source programs?
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| May 4, 2016 at 7:56 | history | edited | user281377 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | got my foreign word right ;-) |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 23:03 | comment | added | user281377 | JBRWilkinson: Honestly, I think Chrome is better suited for the kind of web-apps Google has in mind. Faster JavaScript engine, possibility to create application links. | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 22:26 | comment | added | JBRWilkinson | @ammoQ: And thus steal, I mean data-mine, more of your data. What was 'wrong' with Firefox, which they used to sponsor? | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 22:23 | comment | added | user281377 | JBRWilkinson: Not only that, but a browser with a real fast javascript engine (i.e. chrome) allows google to deliver more apps through the web. | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 22:22 | comment | added | JBRWilkinson | Google sponsor open source projects like Chrome because it gets them a relatively cheap new product which is competitive with the market leaders in terms of features and performance yet they can augment it with just enough control mechanisms that it generates them a ton more revenue - the default Search provider comes to mind. Sounds cynical, but why release Chrome when other Webkit-based browsers are already (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…). | |
| Dec 1, 2010 at 22:32 | comment | added | user281377 | back2dos: thanks for the link; I've read it before, but could not remember where and when. | |
| Dec 1, 2010 at 17:40 | comment | added | back2dos | I think this not irrelevant to the subject: joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html | |
| Dec 1, 2010 at 13:40 | comment | added | user281377 | Jon: free as in "not controlled by a single vendor" (arguably except them) | |
| Dec 1, 2010 at 13:34 | vote | accept | Diego | ||
| Dec 1, 2010 at 13:29 | comment | added | Jon Hopkins | Somewhat sceptical about Google wanting a "free internet". They want a widely and frequently used internet which will lead to more opportunities and ultimately profit for them. Free is something more debatable. +1 all the same for a good answer. | |
| Dec 1, 2010 at 13:16 | history | answered | user281377 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |