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This seemed to be the main excuse that people had for not trying out Opera in the past, but people already have their favorite browser by this point. Without a significant marketing campaign, I don't see Opera's browser share changing significantly with version 11.

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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 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.

Chrome 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).

Google has a lot of money (and more importantly, exposure) to push their browser forward and make ridiculously huge marketing campaigns. Opera does not.

Opera'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

Yes, Google is much bigger. But don't suggest Opera is poor.

That'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 ; change the date to get historical data).

Oops! Thanks for the correction.

As I said - "more importantly, exposure". Not that Opera is poor but they can't compete with Google's brand awareness.

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