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Opera Facing Losses While Firefox Usage Grows
An anonymous reader submits "Opera, the sometimes forgotten #3 web browser, reported a third quarter loss that tripled that of last year's third quarter despite a seven-fold increase in revenue. Opera is blaming a weaker dollar for the losses, and say they're spending money on marketing and new ventures like teaming with IBM to use their ViaVoice technology. Opera's future seems uncertain as Firefox's growing popularity may hurt Opera by stealing potential customers. With Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari all free, is there room for a non-free browser in the market?"
All they have to do is get slightly better than IE, and them MS will buy them out.
Table-ized A.I.
No.
I have been a computer technician for years, and I have never ever seen a computer with the opera browser myself.
:-P
Have you ever considered that maybe Opera users are smart enough to avoid your services?
Table-ized A.I.
Check this out http://www.google.com/ie
Can I get an eye poke?
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a seven-fold increase in revenue
is there room for a non-free browser in the market?
If not, what are they selling? Office furniture on eBay?
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.
Firefox is very good and, best of all, it's free. And...it's arguably the best.
Say what you want, but Internet Explorer - with bugs and all - is still free, and it comes already packaged with the Windows O/S.
On the other hand, Opera charges money.
Hmmm.....let's see how this business model goes...
1. Write Code others are giving away for free...
2. ?????????
3. Profit!
Yes...I see it all now.
PC and Macs are not the only places that browsers live.
Opera browsers are perfect for cellphones, set top boxs and thin clients. One quarter of losses does not mean a whole lot.
Have you ever considered that maybe Opera users are smart enough to avoid your services? :-P
Maybe they can't afford a computer technician on account they just paid for a web browser.
Angry, angry young man.
Send lawyers, guns, and money!
Why would you voluntarily use IE?
~Ilyanep
To get message, take amount of carrier pigeons at each stage mod 2. Then decode binary.
Well if you're using a shared computer, and you're an avid porn surfer, relevent ads pose a problem.
Wow, what a profound observation.
He paid for it.
Your head a splode