I have no idea why Opera gives up on the S60 market without trying to fight Nokia over shady practices used to keep its own browser ahead of the pack – after all, they can do it against Microsoft. CNET’s Ina Fried reports the following:
The fact that Microsoft’s market share has dropped, he said, doesn’t ensure that true choice will win out. “There has been more competition before,” he said, referring to the Netscape and pre-Netscape days. “Fair competition does not necessarily prevail. We still think whenever a platform has a sufficiently high market share, it should be open and easy for consumers to choose their component to access the Internet.”
Even if IE’s market share drops to below 60 percent in Europe, Krogh said, “we think that is sufficiently high to be concerned.”
Krogh’s comments were echoed by other Opera executives in a statement provided by the company.
I personally feel that Opera doesn’t care about the S60 market any more – which is incredibly sad, as their web browser still is the best browsing solution available for Nokia devices…
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