Google Reveals Reasons For Chrome Browser as Open Source

When Google announced the Chrome browser, part of that announcement included the fact that it would be released as open source.

That wasn’t much of a surprise, but they didn’t really specify the reasons for it.

Fortunately for us, Ben Goodger, former lead developer on Firefox and now one of the technical wizards behind Google’s Chrome browser shared his thinking with Wired magazine on the topic.

His 3 reasons:

1. “We’ll be able to scale our testing efforts”
2. “It’ll enable people to do things we haven’t thought of”
3. “And it’ll generate trust that we’re not doing something evil.”

It’s great when smart developers doing great work have their hearts and minds focused on doing the right things in the right way. Go Ben!

Ben Goodger’s personal blog is here.