Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 7th Nov 2008 09:45 UTC, submitted by mlauzon
Most of the popular browsers these days are based on one of the two open source rendering engines - khtml/WebKit and Gecko. The most popular browser, however, is based on proprietary technology: Internet Explorer. Even though IE made some progress during the past few years, it's no secret that it took Microsoft far too long to counter the success of Mozilla's Firefox. Currently, Microsoft is working (and thus, spending money) on Internet Explorer 8, and this prompted an audience member during a keynote by Steve Ballmer to ask an interesting question: is it worth spending money on IE, with so many open source engines readily available? Ballmer's reply may surprise you.
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2008-05-26
Which is more secure; Trident or Webkit? Webkit is open-source, but then its biggest sponsor is Apple; they've never designed a secure piece of software. Ever. Except maybe A/UX.
Trident has had so many security problems during the IE 6 period, but then Microsoft completely overhauled it along with Windows.
I think Microsoft will stay with their regular web rendering engine and it's probably the better move.