Joe Wilcox
Joe Wilcox
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Look at the auto industry. Do people fault Jaguar for selling fewer cars than Dodge? ... Opera in some ways is a Cadillac browser. You have a lot of extra features built in. The volume might be with the Caravans and the SUVs, but that doesn't mean there isn't money to be made on the other vehicles. Of course, the analogy here is with Web browsers.
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There are a number of ways Opera can make money off the browser, but all that requires volume. Removing the price tag and the banner ads increases the likelihood that more people will use the browser. More eyeballs means more revenue off the browser without charging for or putting banner ads in people's faces.
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Anything is possible, but just because it's possible, doesn't mean that it's feasible. It's not that they can't do it, but can they make it successful.
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You could look at it from the perspective that the responses mean there's a problem that needs to be addressed, or it could also be indicative of how much more interest there is in the use of the browser, ... No feedback and then problems occurring later on is a bad situation. The best situation is the release candidate goes out and people respond and say, 'Wait a minute! What about this? What about that?
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It is meant to be an idea factory.
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Microsoft definitely is making progress. The UI is more refined, but by no means finished. Microsoft has finally reached the point where IE feels like a modern browser.
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It is an opportunity for Apple to go out and evangelize the new Intel processors to developers and nudge them to get more of their applications out of the door.
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I think cost containment is the wrong priority for making technology decisions. You should be thinking about the business.
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I would not say this is a sign of great openness. It's more like establishing diplomatic relations between two countries, rather than opening borders.
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Microsoft is at this juncture where it's the victim of its own success.
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Microsoft hasn't done a good job of marketing and needs to improve ? and the timing is crucial,
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Microsoft has a good story to tell. It doesn't always do a good job telling it.
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Microsoft had tremendous success with larger businesses, but that market has become very saturated.
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Microsoft certainly looks after its employees, there's no question about that. They're hiring, they're adding staff.