Comments on: EU Browser Ballot Case Might Finally Come to an End

By: kri

kri — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:35:46 +0000

“because whining is their ONLY way of doing marketing these days”

Opera is doing a lot of different marketing related things. The marketing results of answering questions from journalists regarding the EC case (which your refer to as “whining”) is very limited.

“opera cannot deliver product good enough to apeal to the market”

Opera’s growth shows they can. But that’s not really the issue here. You were talking about marketing, and you don’t need a good product to have successful marketing. Shoddy products often have great marketing and grow because of that, not because they are actually good.

By: kri

kri — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:32:15 +0000

Ok, so just because the article doesn’t mention Google or Mozilla, neither of them are actually involved?

I’m not seeing any crying. I’m seeing Opera, Google and Mozilla responding to questions about their position regarding the EC antitrust case and Microsoft’s propsed solutions.

It is not repeated complaining (if it was, then anyone mentioning something more than once would be “crying”), it is responding to updates to the case as they happens, as a result of journalists contacting them about it.

Opera has made something like one single official statement on their own. All other statements from Opera on the case are results of direct questions from journalists.

By: kri

kri — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:27:29 +0000

Eice, you are still not reading my comments honestly and sincerely.

I didn’t say that Opera directly put pressure on Microsoft. I said that getting the government involved made Microsoft try to appear to be doing the right thing. Opera itself has no authority or power over Microsoft. But Microsoft’s fear of government fines does have an effect.

By: Ichan

Ichan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:52:18 +0000

Stop Crying. If you are really hurt by what I said I am sorry. Now doesnt fell a lot better? No? Want me to kiss that boo boo of yours? Come here child. I got a lollipop you can suck on!

By: blah

blah — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:00:18 +0000

You are an idiot.

By: nobody

nobody — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:22:04 +0000

nice try Thoe

but, why opera gets crybaby label? because whining is their ONLY way of doing marketing these days. you’ll bring google/mozilla money pigbank, ok, you can, but opera – according to your claims, and their financial data – has lots of money in bank – why not spend it on advertising? web ads? pertnerships like ebay+ms [or better start with making opera work on ebay..]. insted, opera takes giant shortcut and whines.

amd was ripped by intel, but amd still managed to provide great products, same with ati/nvidia case. ati demolished nvidia dominance with 4850/70 series cards, not by court rulings or petitions.

what opera will gain from this free advertising, it will lose sooner or later because opera cannot deliver product good enough to apeal to the market.

By: blah

blah — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:52:44 +0000

what constant complaining? How many cases did Opera make to the EU? Do you know how many complaints made Microsoft against google alone per year? And I don’t really understand why Opera gets the crybaby label, when in reality other firms do it far more often. Seriously? Why AMD didn’t get as much flak? Why? They even got money out of this. Opera will not. Get a grip on reality, please.

By: Ichan

Ichan — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:22:03 +0000

Repeated complaining sounds like crying to me. As you say their are others which I do not deny but its the constant emphasize put forward by Opera soft is annoying.

By: blah

blah — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:43:57 +0000

nobody is crying. Unless someone reporting a crime or filing an antitrust case is crying, then name one, ONE, single company that did not cry.

By: Ichan

Ichan — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:10:56 +0000

Opera is crying the hardest. Also that was a response to the article. No where did it state google or mozilla.

So there you go