Google's Chrome web browser took the world by storm when it released a few days ago... and Google has admitted that the Chrome browser is laced with a lot of code from the Open Source sauces Mozilla Firefox and WebKit.
Although Google conveniently forgot to let slip a teeny weeny bit of info - regarding the bit of code that has been used from rival Microsoft.
Scott Hanselman is a senior programming manager for Microsoft. On one perpetually rain soaked day he was flipping through the source code of the Google Chrome browser. And he found that the Chrome uses a large slice of Microsoft code, called the Windows Template Library.
Windows Template Library is a software used to build a Windows user interface. This software uses an abstraction layer so that the interface can be employed on other operating systems.
Google lists WTL 8.0 as a third-party software. And that's about it. But it looks like that's not enough credit to Microsoft. Let us hope there are no lawsuits on their way.
original article by:Sultan Deep (tnkx sultan)
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