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by teppifk 2467 days ago
> WebKit was certainly started at Apple.

This is an extremely disingenuous statement. WebKit was forked from KHTML and everybody knows this. It "certainly" sounds like you're trying to rewrite history (and you make a similar assertion elsewhere in this thread)..
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saagarjha 2467 days ago
> This is an extremely disingenuous statement. WebKit was forked from KHTML and everybody knows this.

If “everyone” knows this, is it really disingenuous? In any case, I feel this is quite similar to saying Blink started at Google.

> It "certainly" sounds like you're trying to rewrite history (and you make a similar assertion elsewhere in this thread)..

I’m not. I have a very similar comment in response to a very similar correction elsewhere.

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teppifk 2467 days ago
I say it is disingenous because it is completely counter to what can be found on something as mainstream as the wikipedia page.. one does not have to dig deep.

If you want to dig deeper, the mailing list archives are available for all, and I think given the contribution KHTML made to Webkit initially it is poor form to diminish its role.

"Blink started at Google". It's all context. As someone mentioned, it's technically correct but in the context of this discussion thread which is about open-source origins and contributions, saying Blink "started at Google" comes across as dishonest. Blink started at google with a fork of Webkit, which itself was not created in a vacuum at Apple.

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