CNET News: Open-Source Divorce for Apple's Safari?

"Two years after it selected open-source rendering engine KHTML as the basis of its Safari Web browser, Apple Computer has proposed resolving compatibility conflicts by scrapping that code base in favor of its own.

"In an e-mail seen by CNET News.com, a leading Apple browser developer suggested that architects of the KHTML rendering engine--the heart of a browser--consider abandoning the KHTML code base, or 'tree,' in favor of Apple's version, called WebCore..."

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• CNET News: Mozilla Upstart Looks Up to Safari(Feb 20, 2003)
• The Register: Safari, So Good: Browser and Bluetooth Boost OS X(Feb 05, 2003)
• CNET News: Apple Snub Stings Mozilla(Jan 14, 2003)
• Update: Apple Launches Browser Based on KHTML Engine(Jan 07, 2003)