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> 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 peo
by 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.