Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO for Opera speaks against DotMobi
{{date|November 10, 2006}}

[[w:Opera (Internet suite)|Opera]] [[w:Chief executive officer|CEO]] [[w:Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner|Jon S. von Tetzchner]] has spoken against the creation of [[w:.mobi|.mobi]], a domain extension for [[w:Mobile phone|mobile devices]] saying that it is a "total waste of time" and "completely unnecessary."  He continued saying "There should be one Internet... What if you're using another device? Should we have .gameconsole? .car? .fridge? .plane? We don't need .mobi at all." and "There are capabilities for sites to query the browser to figure out exactly what you're using. That's a much more elegant solution than having the user choose which site to go to."  Opera and [[w:Sun Microsystems|Sun]] are actually developing a browser for [[w:refrigerator|refrigerators]].

[[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]], [[w:Google|Google]], and [[w:Nokia|Nokia]] are some of the supporters of .mobi.

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/11/09/opera_ceo_says.html
|title=Opera CEO says DotMobi is a 'total waste of time'
|author=Peter Pachal
|pub=SCI FI Tech 
|date=November 9, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://operawatch.com/news/2006/11/opera-ceo-says-dotmobi-is-a-total-waste-of-time.html
|title=Opera CEO says DotMobi is a 'total waste of time'
|author=Daniel Goldman
|pub=Opera Watch
|date=November 10, 2006}}

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Opera CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner has spoken against the creation of .mobi, a domain extension for mobile devices saying that it is a "total waste of time" and "completely unnecessary."  He continued saying "There should be one Internet... What if you're using another device? Should we have .gameconsole? .car? .fridge? .plane? We don't need .mobi at all." and "There are capabilities for sites to query the browser to figure out exactly what you're using. That's a much more elegant solution than having the user choose which site to go to."  Opera and Sun are actually developing a browser for refrigerators.

Microsoft, Google, and Nokia are some of the supporters of .mobi.
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