Opera cofounder quits
By Ria Sharma

Norway based Opera browser counts India as one of its big success stories.  Opera has more than 50 percent of the mobile browser market in India.  And Opera is doing all it can to grow in our country.

Opera has announced that its cofounder Jon S. von Tetzchner is leaving the company that he led till 2010.

The press release to the media is gushing with positive emotions and makes no mention of the fact that Jon was forced to walk after clashes with the Board.

"It is of course a choice that brings up a lot of emotions", says von Tetzchner. "When we first started out, we were a few guys in a really small office - now we are spread all over the world, have over 740 employees and over 200 million users. I am very proud of what we have accomplished, and look forward to following the company closely also in the future."

"We have had a lot of fun during these years, and to say that Jon has created a great company is an understatement", says Lars Boilesen, CEO of Opera Software. "He has taught me and everyone working here a lot. He believed in, and pushed out innovation after innovation that we see our competitors constantly struggling with copying, making Opera a first mover in the technological development of web browsers as we know them today. We are very proud of Jon, and of course of the company", says Boilesen. "We are aiming at 500 million users by 2013, and we have a very positive flow right now.

Von Tetzchner will be with Opera Software until June 30, and has ideas about new projects, but is not ready to reveal any of his ideas as of right now.