Opera Founder Jon S. von Tetzchner Resigns

fysdt writes with this excerpt from TechCrunch: "Opera founder Jon S. von Tetzchner has resigned from the company. In an email to Opera employees, von Tetzchner said that 'It has become clear that The Board, Management and I do not share the same values and we do not have the same opinions on how to keep evolving Opera. As a result I have come to an agreement with the Board to end my time at Opera. I feel the Board and Management is more quarterly focused than me.'"

Ouch

[Hatta]

Opera has been a damn good browser, and the focus of the company Opera has always been producing a damn good browser. If the focus becomes quarterly profit, I don't see much of a future for the Opera browser.

Re:Sad news

[Nerdfest]

After the remaining board members "monetize" it, (my guess as to their intentions), I think your estimate will be quite accurate.

No surprises here

[dkleinsc]

Business guys want short-term profit at all costs. Technical guys want long-term technical excellence which is better in the long run but not as profitable in the short run. Because the business guys have the dough, they win in a for-profit business.

That (in a nutshell) is why for-profit business cannot be the driver of excellence in software.

Hard to compete with free..

[SuperCharlie]

I think the board will find that monetizing a great product in an environment of free mediocre and/or good equivalent products is still a failing business model.

Short term vs long term.

[bmo]

"the Board and Management is more quarterly focused than me."

That's it. Stick a fork in it. Opera is done.

It will go up for sale within the year, get bought out, and disappear. Because the board needs its golden parachutes.

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BMO