Why does Mozilla stick to its position without turning to WebKit?

Earlier this week, Norwegian browser Opera announced its move to the WebKit kernel, which adds a huge army of WebKit browsers represented by Chrome and Safari.

Mozilla chief technology officer Brendan Eich said on his blog that he should not expect Mozilla to change the kernel. as a non-profit project, this browser has a different mission than its competitors. He admitted that "Mozilla may end up taking the road before Opera, but we are not only a business, but our desktop share is very strong and it is also rising, this is due to the achievements created by the Gecko engine ".

Another important reason is that the existence of Mozilla ensures the diversity of the browser market, because monopoly is definitely not conducive to the development of the Internet. This is not only a reason why Mozilla sticks to the Gecko kernel, it is also an incentive for IE browsers.