Opera Continues to differ with Microsoft

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

Is opera's chairman/chief a fat lady? If not then it is not all over ...

They are just complaining for complainings sake. just STFU

[BajiRav]

*waits for usual posts defending how Opera is right and how this will be good for competition*

[9UnknownMen]

*waits for usual posts defending how Opera is right and how this will be good for competition*

Lol yeah. Something along the lines that MS is a "convicted monopolist" that forced us poor spider monkeys into becoming incapable of dissociating a logo from the internet in general. ;) :p

[Comic Book Guy]

When is Opera going to start going after Apple, or some other company?

[Wakers]

Oh FFS.

These guys at Opera are just idiots. Hey guys, news flash, no matter what you do, virtually no one is going to use your browser. Pack it in already.

[kInG aLeXo]

What is really wrong with Opera ?

IE has been the most widely used web browser since 1999, attaining a peak of about 95% usage share during 2002 and 2003 with IE5 and IE6.

Now, with IE 8, it is only 65% and Fire Fox is 22.5% while Opera is only 0.72%

Not because IE got worse during the next years, but because Fire Fox Got Better ! Without needing to sue Microsoft or anything, but by just letting the word-of-mouth spread via the forums and magazines which common people use.

[Pc_Madness]

*waits for usual posts defending how Opera is right and how this will be good for competition*

Well, they do have a point. Took me so long to train my parents to realise that the IE logo != the Internet. "Omgz, where did the internet go?!" *sigh*

That said, I was kinda looking forward to having all the awesome icons next to each other. :)

[Sethos]

Face it, they want Microsoft to exclusively bundle Opera with Windows and until they do, they will keep crying like little schoolgirls.

[spenser.d]

Thread title needs to be edited to more accurately describe the situation. Something like, "Opera Continues to be a Whiny B***h" would be appropriate.

Maybe if they spent as much time making a good browser as they do complaining about Microsoft, people would be inclined to switch to them.

-Spenser

[Arkos Reed]

If only someone at the legal dept. at Microsoft was ****ed enough to sue them into the ground.... That'd be a great service to the community, these pussies at Opera are the SCO of the browser market.

[TruckWEB]

When is Opera going to start going after Apple, or some other company?

Ahhh But you know, Apple OS X is not a monopoly, it's a minority so it's not helping Opera's bottom line.

Still, if MS is forced to do such a thing, then OS X should have something similar and same for ALL Linux distro.

And why stop with just the browser? They should do the same for Media Player, IM, E-mail, .....

[Harlem39s Finest]

can somebody start a petition called "stfu opera, we don't care for your browser"

[gameboy1977]

Opera,

You are straight go to Hell! Please complain to EU! Please leave MS and IE alone!

IE's icon is same since Windows 95.

Gameboy

[closetgeek]

I feel like I should go and download a copy of Opera.

Out of pity. This is really pathetic now.

[Andre S. Veteran]

Even without the blue 'e', it's still going to be called Internet Explorer. IE's the only browser with 'Internet' in the name, isn't that anti-competitive? I suggest they change the name to something that gives you no idea of what the product actually does, in line with 'Opera'. Say, 'Sonata' or 'Lawn Mower'. Oh, and it should be the last choice on the list. :laugh:

/sarcasm

Edited July 27, 2009 by Dr_Asik

[Tech Star]

Wow. Opera can shove it where it can't be shoved anymore. :rolleyes:

[Lannister]

Less time whining about the competition Opera, and more time developing a browser people might actually use...

[Growled Member]

This is getting pathetic and stupid. Go away Opera.

[primexx]

this is ****ing ridiculous

[Boz]

This is what happens when a poorly ran company that doesn't have any real advantages in software is let loose.

It becomes increasingly obvious that Opera simply can't compete and is now resorting to ridiculous tactics and complaints in order to try to push more shares.

Somebody should just point to Firefox that didn't need all this bickering to take the marketshare and be done with it. Even Chrome a browser that's so young has taken larger share then Opera without any other legal help except it's performance and innovation.

This company really needs to be ignored completely and stop wasting courts time and companies' money.

It has come to the point of truly seriously case of whining and complaining about nothing.

[callummr]

Clearly, Microsoft should change the Internet Explorer logo so that people don't recognize it. It's only fair.

[Neoauld]

i saw this comin

opera wont be happy until Opera is the ONLY browser shipped with every OS, thats their idea of fair

why dont they make a decent browser instead of the garbage they put out now, then well see competition

[Denis W. Veteran]

I like how everyone's completely glossing over the last paragraph of the article...

Although I agree, this is getting a bit ridiculous. Plus, they still have to update their own logo first and foremost. ;)

[carmatic]

duuuhh... its called "Internet Explorer" , like, you know, for exploring the Internet!

[FloatingFatMan]

I think it's getting near the time where MS should do what they used to do... Buy the company up from under their feet, then fire every single one of them and bury Opera forever.