Opera says that consumers are the winners upon the completion of the European Commission's decision to present Internet Explorer users with a "Choice Screen".
Opera was instrumental in instigating the antitrust case after complaining over Microsoft's bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows.
"This is a victory for the future of the web. This decision is also a celebration of open Web standards, as these shared guidelines are the necessary ingredients for innovation on the web," said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software.
"Opera has long been at the forefront of web standards, which ensures that people have equal access to the Web anytime, anywhere and on any device. We see the outcome of the EU's investigation as a testament to our mission."
Interesting, Opera points out that the browser choice agreement will have a term of five years and includes a semi-annual review of its effectiveness.
"The days when companies could use poor standards support to tie down users are over," said Håkon Wium Lie, Chief Technology Officer, Opera Software. "The browser choice screen will give users access to better browsers with better support for Web standards."
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tech89
December 17th 2009
4. Opera is a dull browser. It also doesn't meet to the same standards that firefox and chrome and IE do. It's the only browser I've had any problems with loading web pages with.
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mobius
December 16th 2009
3. Also isn't Google Chrome currently more standards compliant than Opera?
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mobius
December 16th 2009
2. So are they going after Apple next and all the Linux distros? If not surely by definition that's anti competative: treating one company (MS) different from any other.
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tfawcett
December 16th 2009
1. Are Opera doing this for media coverage? They're certaining not going to win more browser market share. People will stick with what they know; Either Microsoft IE because they know they are using Microsoft Windows, Google Chrome because they know the search engine or Apple Safari because they have an iPhone. You can have all the standards support in the world, but people still won't try the product because they've never heard of Opera. I have, but I'm a geek. ;-)
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