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So, why are Google pushing Chrome so much?

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nend:
I remember the back then you could pay for a license for the Opera browser for the PC. They quit doing that and eventually went to free download. It has been a long time though, if I remember correctly the license version had features the free version did not.

However like said above they make money by their browser being distributed with certain devices. There may be a distribution clause in there terms, haven't went over them in some time because I hardly touch the browser.

tumbleweed:

--- Quote from: Arantor on July 10, 2012, 10:28:11 AM ---Firefox gets funding from Google amongst other places.

Opera... that's a bit trickier. Part of it is the deal they struck with Nintendo because Opera is present on Wiis for example. I don't know about much else though.

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Yes I believe the current deal is $300 million per year for Google being the default search engine for all new installs and upgrades. The deal is for 3 years and started sometime in 2011.

青山 素子:

--- Quote from: nend on July 10, 2012, 11:44:26 AM ---I remember the back then you could pay for a license for the Opera browser for the PC. They quit doing that and eventually went to free download. It has been a long time though, if I remember correctly the license version had features the free version did not.

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Yeah, it's hard to compete on a paid product when both Microsoft and AOL/Netscape are giving away the browser for free, subsidizing it with money from other areas. Luckily, Opera Software ASA found a model that worked and gave them some mind-share.

MrPhil:

--- Quote from: appliancejunk on July 07, 2012, 02:15:00 PM ---Had to google Wartburg, lol...


--- Quote ---Wartburgs had a three-cylinder two-stroke engine with only seven moving parts (three pistons, three connecting rods and one crankshaft).

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartburg_(car)

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Fascinating. I though they were Trabants, but evidently they were a distinct (and older) car company. Interesting bit about the freewheeling device. It had never occurred to me that driving a two-stroke engine at speed while at idle-level fuel flow would deliver insufficient lubrication and cause it to seize up. I would guess then that the old SAABs with two-strokes would need a freewheeler, too. I don't think anyone is building two-strokes for cars anymore -- too dirty, although there are four-stroke three-cylinders around.

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