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Safari Killing Opera for Mac OS X?

Posted by pudge on from the mmmmmm-scapegoat dept.

analog_line writes "According to an article at News.com, the folks at Opera have given an ultimatum to Apple: Use the Opera engine in Safari or we'll have to rethink developing Opera for the Mac. While I know people who use Opera for the Mac, I find it hard to believe that Opera thinks they'll get any response other than, 'enjoy developing for one less platform.'"

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  1. Opera X dead? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Insert joke about a fat lady singing here.

  2. Opera has to be competitive. by bmetzler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they can't produce to web browser that will cause people to buy it over Safari, then they should just not develop Opera for the Mac. There's nothing wrong with that.

    And before anyone says anything, this does not mean that Apple has an illegal monopoly. There is nothing wrong with not propping up third-party developers.

    -Brent

  3. Why all the fuss? by akgunkel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    IE already comes with all Macs.
    Safari will probably take IE's place as the default.

    Is Safari really already so much better than IE that Opera and others see no hope in going up against it?

    Is the sole selling point of alternative browsers really just that they're not from MS?

    I don't understand why there's a willingness to work on alternative browsers when the default is from MS, but not if the default browser is from Apple. If Apple makes a feature complete, windows version of Safari available for free, how many of the alternative windows browsers will close shop?

    1. Re:Why all the fuss? by cappadocius · · Score: 5, Funny
      Is the sole selling point of alternative browsers really just that they're not from MS?

      Of course.Are you new here? £:-)

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  4. Re:Opera sues Apple? by LordNimon · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The "Mac OS market" doesn't mean anything. You can't raise the monopoly issue with a company and its own products. Obviously, 100% of Apple computers are sold by Apple, otherwise they wouldn't be Apple computers!

    I hope I don't need to explain this further.

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  5. Re:Opera sues Apple? by ealar+dlanvuli · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can drag safari to the trash and destroy it. Software Update will never require you to run safari to update your other components. You can (if you wished) write a wraper for Gecko and drop it in-place for WebCore.

    Need I continue?

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  6. The new kid... by Iron+Chef+Unix · · Score: 5, Interesting

    1) Opera is out playing on the playground and bragging about how fast he is. 2) A new kid shows up and is actually fast. 3) Opera yells some obsenities. 4) Opera takes his ball and goes home. Kind of a testament to how good Safari is. Do you think Opera would be making this stink if Safari was no good? It's like saying, "the Mac browser market was pretty easy to compete in because all of the browser were mediocre, but now Safari raises the bar and we don't feel like jumping" I know there are some definate advantages to being backed by Apple, but I still think no one would be complaining (except Apple fanatics) if Safari were just another average browser.

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  7. Re:Opera sues Apple? by FatRatBastard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's sort of saying "Ford has a monopoly on Ford cars" and then claiming shipping the car with a stereo is anti-competitive.