So far this year over 10 million versions of Opera have been downloaded from www.opera.com. This new record is in addition to the many millions more copies of Opera that are downloaded from other download sites around the world.
Press reports indicate that Microsoft will not further develop Internet Explorer, instead integrating it fully into their new upcoming "Longhorn" operating system to be released in a few years. Press reports also suggests that development of Netscape has been largely abandoned. Opera therefore foresees continued strong and increasing demand for its desktop browsers.