An awesome and concise, no bullshit, no frills FAQ, by Rob Issac as to the reasons for Google to fork a well done piece of web technology. Essentially another doctrine to Google's new "Be Evil" ways. I think it's been pretty awesome how the web has come together but unfortunately and coincidently, on the heels of Safari becoming the most dominant and widely used browser on mobile phone, we have Google's fork.

In the longer term, we aim to have sufficient control over the installed base of web browsers to dictate whatever conditions we consider most appropriate to our business goals at the time.

Blink FAQ