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Thrax
7 Nov 2008, 4:51pm
http://icrontic.com/uploads/2008/11/falling_sky.png (http://icrontic.com/uploads/2008/11/falling_sky.png)At a developer conference in Sydney, Austrlia, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/06/microsofts_ballmer_considers_using_webkit_within_ie.html) that employing Safari's WebKit rendering engine for Internet Explorer was... Continue reading (http://icrontic.com/news/microsoft-eyeing-safaris-webkit-engine-for-ie)

Lincoln
7 Nov 2008, 4:58pm
WHAT. I can't believe anything Ballmer says, unfortunately.

Thrax
7 Nov 2008, 4:58pm
He's full of crap. He changes his mind more than a magic 8 ball.

Lincoln
7 Nov 2008, 5:00pm
Also according to Ballmer, the iPhone will never have significant marketshare.

Woops.

Kwitko
7 Nov 2008, 5:14pm
Ballmer changes his mind more often than Brian changes his underwear.

I'm taking the anti-Ballmer approach. Whatever his initial statement is, I'll just believe the opposite.

TiberiusLazarus
7 Nov 2008, 5:27pm
He explained that Microsoft constantly analyzes the market for new opportunities in adding features that go unrepresented in competing offerings.If we can't do it ourselves, we'll buy it from someone else.

But yes, probably won't happen.

jared
7 Nov 2008, 5:58pm
That would be one of the best moves for MS ever.

Never going to happen though. Steve - make me ea crow plz :D