Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 23rd Sep 2008 15:38 UTC
Google "Since its release a few weeks ago, curious developers have been sniffing through the source code for Google's new Chrome web browser. Chrome's source is interesting for a variety of reasons: there's the new V8 JavaScript virtual machine with its boasts of near-native code performance, the WebKit rendering engine that does all the hard work of understanding and displaying web pages, and (last but not least), Chrome's secure sandbox designed to minimize the impact of any security flaws that might exist in both the browser and plugins alike. It is this secure sandbox that has piqued the curiosity of some observers, and for a reason that many may find surprising. From reading the source, it looks as though Google has reverse-engineered Windows, and that's explicitly prohibited by the Windows EULA."
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Linux backwards compatibility
by Pfeifer on Wed 24th Sep 2008 13:04 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Let the OS wars Begin!"
Pfeifer
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Sorry, but that's not the whole truth.

Linux userspace APIs don't ever change, except if the get deprecated. What's changing in Linux are the structures withing the kernel. But that is good and to be expected from a developing product.

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