Originally posted by ostmpeace:
Ah, I had hoped it would be one more nudge to someone with some pull at opera. I am so disappointed with opera browser new direction I wanted to say something, vs a locked post with cursing up the wazoo. Perhaps a discussion of the actual employee(s) and their motivations to recommending the change? Something surely is fishy going on?
Those with "pull" at Opera were the ones making the decision to pursue the Blink rendering engine instead of Presto. As such, it's a done deal. With companies of this size, there's no turning back after so much retooling and reorganization has been done - and especially a year later. Moreover, there is utterly no financial motivation to release into the public domain the same Presto code they spent much time and money developing, only to see it perhaps embedded into a competing product in the marketplace. Opera ASA is a for-profit organization, responsible to its owners (the stockholders) for a return on their investment. Agree with Opera's decisions or not, the users of a free browser ultimately have no leverage in Opera's decisions. Whether or not the decisions turn out to be wise is yet to be seen... certainly we all have our own opinions. But our opinions have no material relevance at this point, unless we're also stockholders.
