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[23:28] Opera Runs Free
Date: 9/21/05 at 7:28AM
Well, in a somewhat interesting move the Opera web browser has had all of the advertising and licensing fees removed! It is now another free browser. It seems they intend to make money through premium support, which to be honest doesn't look that premium - 24 hour guaranteed e-mail response in English only. I think that's a token offering, the forums will provide better response I think. I suspect the real money spinner is their continued licensing of their quite extensive mobile platform. I listened to a podcast interview recently with the head of Opera, Jon S. von Tetzchner, who explained the secret behind their quick response to new platforms was that their whole app was based on vanilla C++. There are no OS APIs used on any platform so porting is a relatively painless process.