My OperaWeb market analyst calls Opera a "lost cause"
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1:09:57 PM
Too little, too late says Vincent Vizzaccaro, executive vice president of marketing and strategic relationships at Net Applications about Opera's decision to drop licensing fees and advertising from its web browser in version 8.5.
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In late September, the Norwegian developer of Opera began giving away its ad-free browser. "It was a good idea, but too late," Vizzaccaro said. "It they'd done that six months ago, 12 months ago, it might have been different. But Firefox has grabbed those who wanted to make the switch."
Opera's market share declined in September to 0.51 percent from August's 0.62 percent, according to Net Applications numbers.
He also said that Netscape was stealing market share from Firefox and from Internet Explorer with the release of version 8.02 which now identifies itself uniquely.
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In late September, the Norwegian developer of Opera began giving away its ad-free browser. "It was a good idea, but too late," Vizzaccaro said. "It they'd done that six months ago, 12 months ago, it might have been different. But Firefox has grabbed those who wanted to make the switch."
Opera's market share declined in September to 0.51 percent from August's 0.62 percent, according to Net Applications numbers.
He also said that Netscape was stealing market share from Firefox and from Internet Explorer with the release of version 8.02 which now identifies itself uniquely.
