We use Opera internally at my company because up until recently it was the only browser capable of keeping up with the realtime portfolio screens we render. With that said, both Chrome and Safari have improved their performance to the point where Opera may not be a requirement. I still think Microsoft should buy Opera and become standards-compliant overnight.
Not convinced by the Linux comparison. The biggest thing about Linux (in comparison to the major competitors at least) is that I can dig into the guts and fix any bugs I find there. I can do this with Gecko and Webkit based browsers but this simply isn’t the case with Opera.
They bought have Scandinavian origins, bought have small market share, passionate community support, Linux have problem with drivers Opera with plugins
