I never said that software rendering is a substitute for hardware acceleration. I said that there hasn’t really been a need for hardware acceleration until now. That’s why it clearly hasn’t been a high priority. Web apps in need of hardware acceleration are few and far between right now.
How do you know who’s working on what at Opera? You are just claiming this and that with no real arguments. I’ve been pointing out how HW acceleration hasn’t been necessary so far, so it’s logical that Opera hasn’t been putting a lot of resources into it yet.
And basing your claims on heavily edited changelogs on a blog is even sillier. You do realize that not every single change is included, right? Just read the blog, and you’ll find that people report that bugs that are fixed aren’t even mentioned in the changelog for that build.
Also, you are looking at the blog during vacation time in Norway. That’s even worse.
Come on, logical arguments please. Not just FUD.