4 ms·
This seemed to be the main excuse that people had for not trying out Opera in the past, but people already have their favorite browser by this point. Without a
by cninja 16y ago
This seemed to be the main excuse that people had for not trying out Opera in the past, but people already have their favorite browser by this point. Without a significant marketing campaign, I don't see Opera's browser share changing significantly with version 11.
- cryptoz 16y ago> but people already have their favorite browser by this point I disagree. People were saying that in 2009 before Google Chrome really became popular. Now people are switching from FF to chrome all the time for a number of reasons. If Opera brings new things to the table, people very well may switch. The browser wars are not over.
- bruceboughton 16y agoChrome was new and shiny; the Opera brand is anything but. There was also a massive marketing push from Google (on the Tube in London, for example).
- Tomis 16y agoGoogle has a lot of money (and more importantly, exposure) to push their browser forward and make ridiculously huge marketing campaigns. Opera does not.
- cryptoz 16y agoOpera's net income in 2008 was about $90 million. And that's from about half a billion dollars in revenue that year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Software Yes, Google is much bigger. But don't suggest Opera is poor.
- zck 16y agoThat's not U.S. dollars, that's kroner. On December 31, 2008, that was $13 million on $71 million revenue (http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=NOK;to=USD http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=NOK;to=USD ; change the date to get historical data).
- cryptoz 16y agoOops! Thanks for the correction.
- Tomis 16y agoAs I said - "more importantly, exposure". Not that Opera is poor but they can't compete with Google's brand awareness.