The Linux Foundation will take over the rendering engine 'Servo' developed by Mozilla
On November 17, 2020, the browser
Open Source Web Engine Servo to be Hosted at Linux Foundation - The Linux Foundation
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2020/11/open-source-web-engine-servo-to-be-hosted-at-linux-foundation/
Servo's new home
https://blog.servo.org/2020/11/17/servo-home/
Rust-Based Servo Web Engine Moves from Mozilla to Linux Foundation | IT Pro
https://www.itprotoday.com/web-application-management/rust-based-servo-web-engine-moves-linux-foundation
Servo is an open source, high-performance rendering engine designed for both application and embedded functionality, and is developed using the Mozilla-backed Rust programming language. By independently processing tasks such as rendering, layout, HTML analysis, and image decoding in parallel, Servo speeds up page load times.
Mozilla started developing Servo in 2012, and at the time of writing, it runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and has been ported to Android and ARM processors by Samsung. In addition, Mozilla has incorporated some of the results of Servo into Firefox, and in November 2017, ``Firefox Quantum'' was released, which incorporated the results of Servo and achieved speedup.
The official version of the explosively evolved browser 'Firefox Quantum' is finally here - GIGAZINE
However, on November 17th, it was reported on Servo's official blog that Servo was leaving Mozilla's hands and being taken over by the Linux Foundation. The Servo project has newly established a board of directors and a technical steering committee to guide the project, and the technical steering committee will support the community in order to provide a highly functional and safe rendering engine as before.
'The Linux Foundation has a track record of hosting and supporting the world's most ubiquitous open source technologies,' said Alan Jeffrey, technical lead for the Servo project. 'This is a natural home for us to strengthen our support.' 'We're excited to see Servo leave Mozilla and move to the Linux Foundation, where Servo will continue to thrive and drive web-based innovation,' said Adam Seligman, Mozilla's chief operating officer. I am confident that we will continue to move forward.'
'Servo is the most promising and modern open web engine for building applications and immersive experiences using web technologies,' said Mike Dolan, general manager of the Servo project at the Linux Foundation. We are excited to be able to maintain and support this work for decades to come.'
IT media IT Pro points out that Mozilla's decision to let go of Servo is due to the fact that Mozilla is facing financial difficulties. Jeffrey told IT Pro, 'The transition was driven by Mozilla's restructuring and the decision to refocus and rebuild on products and services.'
In addition, Mozilla has decided to ``lay off 250 people, equivalent to a quarter of all employees,'' in August 2020 due to the impact of the new coronavirus pandemic on revenue.
Mozilla decides to lay off 250 people due to the impact of the new coronavirus - GIGAZINE
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