tedster - 10:51 pm on Jul 7, 2007 (gmt 0)

I think the idea here is to help Opera make better use of strategic partnerships through more face-to-face meetings. Strategic partnerships are what's been keeping Opera cooking so far, and enabled them to make the browser completely free.

Opera is not in a market position to directly challenge the big browser names right now, but they have made inroads through strategic partnerships, such as Nintendo's Wii, Motorola phones and so on. Getting their browser burned directly into a chip has been a good thing. These folks definitely have some business savvy, and I'm sure that being more visible to Google, Yahoo, and the whole of the Valley will help them go even further.