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Opera Facing Losses While Firefox Usage Grows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the depends-what-you're-obsessed-with dept.

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?"

2 of 760 comments (clear)

  1. Re:FP by iethree · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    +5 troll!

  2. Re:Misleading by magefile · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But can you run it on Linux, as you can IE (in WINE)? If not, it's tied to owning a Mac.