GigaOM

Ever since Opera went free, it has been downloaded 1.6 million times, which tells me the strategy is working. I wonder if this will result in a big market share gain, and more referral dollars from Google. Still, I feel happy that there is more enthusiasm in the browser market again. Opera claims that this is twice the download rate from three months ago, and most of the downloads are coming from Microsoft Internet Explorer users. more @ TechWeb