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Apple Creating iBrowser on Mozilla Code?

Posted by pudge on from the have-some-conspiracy-with-your-coffee dept.

louismg writes "The Register is claiming there may be a browser mutiny in Cupertino. The Mozilla-based Chimera browser was featured by many speakers during this month's WWDC, which may constitute a backhand endorsement, and could be used as a weapon in the 'negotiations' with Bill Gates and Co. over IE ..." Chimera is beginning to turn into a usable browser, favored by many Mac OS X users. Who knows? Update: 05/28 15:33 GMT by P : Chimera 0.2.8 was released today.

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  1. iCyberdog by phillyclaude · · Score: 3, Funny

    its time for a cocoa-ized version of cyberdog

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  2. Unlikely by 4of12 · · Score: 4, Funny

    could be used as a weapon in the 'negotiations' with Bill Gates and Co. over IE .

    I don't think so.

    I can just see Steve on the phone with Bill now:

    "Bill, we'd like to dissolve our "strategic partnership" that places IE exclusively front and center on the desktops of Mac users and be able to customize our users' experience without being restrained in any way."

    "I'm really sorry to hear that, Steve. I had thought that our strategic partnership meant more than that to you. Much more. Beyond placing IE on Mac user's desktops, I thought that Microsoft went the extra mile in putting Office on the Mac. Am I mistaken in valuing this relationship?"

    "No, Bill. I think I understand better the great value of our special relationship now that you've made it clear. You've done your part keeping new versions of Office on Mac - we'll hold up our end doing whatever it takes. By the way, do you have another spare $150M to invest in "advanced projects"?"

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