Opera Boycott: Clearing up a few things
section: microsoft, for your questions: KezNews forum, 15.6.2009
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversThe JCXP.Net Windows enthusiast site has launched a “Boycott Opera” campaign aimed at users who are unhappy over Opera’s antitrust suit against Microsoft.
It was Opera’s 2007 antitrust complaint that mushroomed into the current antitrust case in the European Union over Microsoft’s browser-bundling policies.
JCXP announced its boycott campaign on June 12. In a blog post, JCXP Managing Editor David Taraso announced the proposed boycott, attributing it to Opera’s decision to sue Microsoft for antitrust. He said:
“Today, we are proposing a complete boycott of all Opera software.
“This is absolutely nothing more than a company, who can’t legitimately gain market share, trying to squeeze their unpopular browser onto Windows systems.Opera is simply upset because their browser is dead last in market share, and has already been surpassed by the recently released Google Chrome browser and Apple’s Safari browser for Windows.”
In a second post, on June 14, Taraso spelled out more directly the reasons he is pushing the boycott:
“I would like to make one thing clear though. I don’t hate Opera and I don’t hate their browser (Opera 9 was my main browser for most of 2008). Opera has introduced many fantastic innovations to the browser market over the years, and I applaud them for that. But I don’t agree with what they are trying to do here. I definitely agree that Opera should have a larger market share, but not by forcing Microsoft to advertise their product in Windows.”
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blogs.zdnet.com
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Comments(7)
isn't their low market share already evidence of the "boycott"?
who is jcxp.net anyway? nobody.
go opera, the best browser today!
,,,, apart from crap-ware
.. really good, we all use it here in out firm.
its funny to see firefox
often comes with "news" that opera has had years already.
try opera a week
and you'll never go back, i promise you :)
and opera 10 beta 2 is even better, now with unite
http://unite.opera.com/
...is opera!
just try it! it's my main browser since v.4.5
..thats opera.
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Huh? Boycott?
By BOB on 16.06.2009 - 05:06