So in 2009, Ravindran and three classmates dropped out of college to focus on bridging this information gap through thedevelopmentof a text message-based searchengine.
Bearing in mind that he recently revealed thedevelopmentof a new "open source" searchengine to compete for eyeballs with the mighty Google, he is going to need every ounce of optimism he can get.
Chief development officer Christen Krogh told the BBC that Opera's business model is similar to that of a traditional searchengine, with revenue coming from affiliate deals and advertising rather than from the user.