Kemarin (31 Maret), kami mendapatkan kesempatan bertemu dengan Philip Grønvold, Product Manager Opera. Dia datang ke Indonesia untuk beberapa acara dan kami sangat beruntung untuk berbincang-bincang dengannya. Dia sangat menyenangkan dan berdasarkan aksennya, tidak salah jika menyangkanya memiliki pendidikan di Amerika Serikat. Dia memiliki gelar Sarjana dari Universitas Boston dan telah bekerja dengan Opera selama hampir 5 tahun. Sehari sebelumnya, dia menghadiri acara pertemuan yang diorganizir oleh majalah Chip di mana dia berbicara soal keamanan platform mobile (mobile security).

Ada banyak perbincangan menarik yang kami peroleh. Dia menunjukkan sejumlah fakta menarik tentang Opera, termasuk seberapa keras Opera berusaha mendukung berbagai macam platform mobile. Saat ini ada 7 platform yang didukung oleh Opera Mini dan Opera Mobile. Opera bahkan membuat versi beta untuk MeeGo, karena mereka percaya MeeGo akan menjadi platform bagus bagi komunitas open source sebagai alternatif bagi Android, meskipun saat in MeeGo bukan lagi sistem operasi utama pilihan Nokia. Opera Mini saat ini mungkin adalah browser dengan pengguna paling besar di dunia dengan pemakai lebih dari 90 juta.

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Yesterday, we had a chance to meet with Philip Grønvold, Product Manager of Opera. He came to Indonesia for several occasions and we were lucky to have in-depth conversation with him. He’s a very fun guy to talk with and based on his accent, it’s truly not wrong to accuse him to have US education. He has Bachelor degree from Boston University and been with Opera for almost 5 years. The day before yesterday, he attended meetup organized by Chip Magazine and talked about mobile security.

There are a lot of interesting conversations came up here. He showed us several interesting facts about Opera, including how hard Opera tries to satisfy many kind of different mobile platforms. There are 7 platforms that are currently supported by Opera Mini and Opera Mobile. Opera even create a beta version for MeeGo, as they believe MeeGo will be a great platform for open source community as alternative to Android, although currently MeeGo is no longer Nokia’s primary operating system. Opera Mini now maybe has the largest user base in the world with more than 90 million users.

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