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Mozilla shuts down servo team

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Post by intelleak » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:29 AM UTC

Re: Mozilla shuts down servo team

Post by intelleak » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:31 AM UTC

Hey Microsoft, (or some other less of activism, more of technology firm,) can you hire these geniuses?

I also hope Mozilla learns the lesson that using activism for PR ends up in situations like this.

Post by tannhaeuser » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:38 AM UTC

Shuts down Servo? Isn't Servo the core of Firefox? Are they going to use Webkit now or what?

Post by Someone » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 7:24 AM UTC

tannhaeuser wrote: post #3

Shuts down Servo? Isn't Servo the core of Firefox? Are they going to use Webkit now or what?

Servo is a long term bet on a future html/css engine, not the current engine. Its css engine has been merged into Firefox.