Really, I'm quite fond of Opera. It's pretty good about standards compliance and I really enjoy the Opera Portal where I can keep up on all my favorite blogs from my start page. I think where Opera falls short for me is the Dragonfly plugin. Whenever I want to modify CSS live, Dragonfly makes it such a clumsy process. I find firebug to be far more intuitive.
I actually just heard this story over NPR Radio. It's concerning to think about how companies like this can strong-arm smaller startups. But at the same time that doesn't mean that we should hide in fear. We've got to keep on doing what we do best: developing innovative products and solutions for users everywhere. Torpedoes be damned.
This is a very interesting concept, I would be doubly interested to see this technology used for video in camcorders. However, I'm curious to see if they have the resources available to go toe to toe with Nikon, Canon, and Olympus. The camera industry is so competitive... and the life cycles on digital cameras are so quick nowadays. They may find it difficult to keep up.
