theyarecomingforyou Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 I came into this thread thinking it was too good to be true, and left proven right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techno_Funky Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Pure BS !!!! Mr.Jon is NO WAY gonna sell his baby his creation i.e rip your eyes offa Opera you Big corps :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reinholder Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 its hard to believe, because the truth of it is that the sale would never get past the monopolies comission; as well as this, why the devil would they develop IE7 just to turn around and buy opera? makes no sense. I'm really more likely to believe microsoft buying symantec than this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Veteran Posted December 23, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 23, 2005 as well as this, why the devil would they develop IE7 just to turn around and buy opera? makes no sense. It actually makes a lot of sense, however untrue this particular news story is. If MS bought Opera they would 1) Effectively reduce the browser wars to Microsoft and Mozilla 2) As Hurmoth said, show Mozilla it was serious about stopping it further eating into MS' share of the market 2) Inherit the mobile browser technology pioneered by Opera Buying Opera wouldn't mean they'd have to use it - Microsoft's business in the past has included several "buying the competition" operations simply to get them out the market. So, while this story is complete BS, it would make a lot of sense for MS to buy Opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 I'd look into that AOL and Google deal a little closer. Google is pretty much screwed by doing that. Google will now have flashy AOL ads all over the site which is known for being nice and clean. That's one reason why soo many people like Google. People are going to stop using Google when that happens. You have it backwards. Their plan is to have Google ads on AOL. Searches done on AOL will be Google powered and so Google will make money from the Google ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reinholder Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 It actually makes a lot of sense, however untrue this particular news story is. If MS bought Opera they would 1) Effectively reduce the browser wars to Microsoft and Mozilla 2) As Hurmoth said, show Mozilla it was serious about stopping it further eating into MS' share of the market 2) Inherit the mobile browser technology pioneered by Opera Buying Opera wouldn't mean they'd have to use it - Microsoft's business in the past has included several "buying the competition" operations simply to get them out the market. So, while this story is complete BS, it would make a lot of sense for MS to buy Opera. yes and no - if you've noticed, alot of their business acquisitions lately have been to integrate that technology into vista. companies like foldershare, for example. I honestly don't think Microsoft see Mozilla as competition, as the last time I used it (1.0.4), it was prone to more crashing than IE anyway. and don't get me started on netscape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Veteran Posted December 23, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 23, 2005 (edited) yes and no - if you've noticed, alot of their business acquisitions lately have been to integrate that technology into vista. companies like foldershare, for example. I honestly don't think Microsoft see Mozilla as competition, as the last time I used it (1.0.4), it was prone to more crashing than IE anyway. and don't get me started on netscape Of course, many business acquisitions are to integrate products and services... but many are also just to get competition out the way. As for Microsoft not seeing Mozilla as competition... they've publically admitted that it is competition and that they embrace that as it drives innovation. They had already said they weren't making another standalone version of IE, until Firefox started gaining ground which was the main catalyst in restarting development. Check out the Internet Explorer development blog, it's a good read, and highlights some of the areas where they've noticed the good things in the alternative browsers and added them to their own. You have it backwards. Their plan is to have Google ads on AOL. Searches done on AOL will be Google powered and so Google will make money from the Google ads. Absolutely - check out the latest Google Blog post which clears up some of the rumours about the new partnership meaning Google will have AOL flash ads all over its homepage: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/abo...nouncement.html Edited December 23, 2005 by Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acido00 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 EXCELENT! i think Opera is down.. Firefox like more :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techno_Funky Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Opera Denies Microsoft takeover rumours Matt Loney ZDNet UK December 23, 2005, 13:10 GMT As the phones ring off the hook at Opera, the browser vendor insists rumours that Microsoft is buying it out are unfounded Opera on Friday denied the latest takeover rumour spreading round the Internet, saying that it has not had any approaches from Microsoft or anyone else. Rumours surfaced on Friday morning that Microsoft is close to completing a takeover offer for the Norwegian browser vendor, having outbid Google. "Our phones have been ringing off the hook," said a spokesman for Opera. "But it's not true. We have not been bought, and we have not received any offers. It's just a rumour, like the Google rumour last week." If Microsoft were to buy Opera it would effectively reduce the battle for browsers on Windows PCs to two contenders: Microsoft and the Mozilla Foundation. Although Opera's market share has languished at less than 1 percent, compared to Firefox's 7.55 percent and IE's 86.9 percent, Opera's mobile browser is installed on a growing number of mobile devices, and the company says that downloads of its desktop browser quadrupled after it launched the free version 8.5 in October. Source:ZdNet UK :bounce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kampioen Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 check this out this will confirm its bull****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 (edited) I'd personally love to see the expertise of Opera working with the IE team. Would be an intesting mix. Seeing Opera are innovators in the browser market with all their features, mouse gestures, etc, would be interesting to see the two work. But obviously this'll never happen. Edited December 23, 2005 by Mx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicfume Veteran Posted December 23, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 23, 2005 I doubt it's true at all, and I hope it isn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwind Hawk Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 It isn't true... look at the article, it has an update saying that Opera confirmed there was nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_INk Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 And so Microsoft has been working so hard on IE 7...why? This doesn't make sense, I smell BS. aol balances 2 browsers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Caro Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 And so Microsoft has been working so hard on IE 7...why? This doesn't make sense, I smell BS. Yeah... working "hard" :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webeagle12 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 oh hell no!!!! I dont want Active crap in opera :no: :no: :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viciv Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 It isn't true... look at the article, it has an update saying that Opera confirmed there was nothing. good news :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted December 23, 2005 Administrators Share Posted December 23, 2005 As with the other thread on this subject.... no. :no: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applicati...39243639,00.htm Barney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosqutus Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 can't see this happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howb21 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 If this story is true, it only means even Microsoft themselves are giving up on IE. They resorted to buying Opera, which also gains Bill Gates a share of the pie in the mobile browsing market. On a personal note however, I hope this story ain't true, because I am an Opera user and I love it the way it is and if it falls into the hands of the same IE team...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmore Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 CoolTechZone "Update: Opera recently confirmed that Microsoft has not approached the browser maker and there is no active acquistion deal between the two companies currently." What a bunch of ######. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted December 23, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 23, 2005 in order to prevent further spread of this misinformation... thread closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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