| I think you are probably all missing the main point of this.
It is more about the Search Engine and its open source status. Having several different standards is not good for Google. They want to dominate online Apps and even OS. They want the full mobile experience. Having developers working to several different and largely deficient web-browsers is damaging their business. I don't think they are that worried about stealing your tiny revenue streams, it is probably more about strategic positioning themselves in relation to Microsoft. If they can get decent browser support and maintain a lead in web-apps, then they kill desktop-bound MS. If they can get everyone writing for their Webkit Engine, even if people are not using their version of it, then MS is as good as dead.
Lets's face it, why the stealth release. Are they worried you lot are going to react to their initiatives, or are they try to catch MS on the hop.
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