When Opera has a user base in the hundred of millions we'll see where their personal service is.
The aim of business is to crush the opposition - to outcompete.
I just find it so ironic.
Our magnificent capitalist system encourages competition in which, for the most part, deceipt, double dealing, false representation, back stabbing, hidden agendas and all manner of ethically dubious jiggery-pokery are either condoned, blind-eyed or dealt a token feather-smite.
Then, when someone (like mild mannered Bill) perfects the mongrel dog bastardry that is the unstated ideal of good business practice, you all cry foul like a big bunch of babies. Utter hypocrisy.
The potential for economic juggernauts to go malthusian berserko, (like, I agree, MicroSoft, Exxon, Union Carbide, Nestle...ad infinatum/nauseum) and run roughshod over basic human values (like fair play) is in-built. That potential is the very cornerstone of a system in which this year's profit must, at any cost, exceed last year's by 10%, or heads will roll.
Fair play, good manners, common decency - these things do not generate shareholder dividends.
Don't be offended, it's not personal, it's just business.