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		binarray2000 on Sept 12, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Open Source inside Google Chrome Now that Google has used an open source component from Microsoft, MS could scrap the engine they use in IE and use WebKit-V8 combo instead. Would be nice...

scott_s on Sept 12, 2008 [–]

The two aren't related at all. Google is using a Microsoft open-source library for Windows GUI programming, not HTML rendering.

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