In 1898, the companies "Maschinenbau-AG Nürnberg" (founded 1841) and "Maschinenfabrik Augsburg AG" (founded 1840) merged to form "Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbaugesellschaft Nürnberg A.G., Augsburg ("United Machine Works Augsburg and Nuremberg Ltd.")".
V KDE 4 je Konqueror kot upravitelja datotek nadomestil močno poenostavljen Dolphin.