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?"

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Re:Misleading

[McDutchie]

Stop being a prat. True you pay for the OS in which IE is included(well most people do), but given that most people need that OS(haven't seen a linux distro which is ready for public consumption yet, though it works perfectly for my won needs), we can say that the OS license is a necessary expense for running a computer. Since IE is bundled with a necessary expense it is essentially free. Perhaps not as in speech, but as in beer, and all things considered most people are for more concerned with free beer than free speech. Judge this as you will.

Very good, the Microsoft monopoly must really appreciate that you have swallowed the party line so well. Not only do you actually believe that a forced tie-in sale equals being "free", you actually go so far as to believe that a Windows license is a necessary expense for running a computer! And to top it off, you got modded "Insightful" for that little masterpiece. Truly admirable! I recommend you apply for a job at Microsoft as soon as possible, they love to have people like you - if you don't work there already, of course.