Microsoft should buy Opera!

[Deo Domuique]

By the way, that was funny: "Wow, I didn't know you could post on here while dreaming" :yes:

[ArKeYa]

In fact I'm kidding cause I laugh on every crazy ultra-fan boy. Well, dunno why I commented. Probably I hadn't something better to do.

The good thing now that Opera gets extensions is that all browsers will look like almost the same ( the UI already is same as we see and now characteristics too ). This will bring better competition and developers will have to deal with more substantial things.

The winner will be the user regardless of what browser he has.

The sarcasm isn't really obvious. Such and similar statements do get posted by rabid Firefox fanboys.

[dazhu]

It wouldn't be a good deal because MS already has a team, they already have a browser with MUCH higher market share, and their own engine (which isn't the best buy still no real motivation to switch engines, especially when IE9 seems to be doing quite well)

No real motivation?

Opera products support a variety of range, not only the Desktops & Mobile. Opera has presence in browsers in TVs, Wiis and several other products.

A switch from their current Trident engine to Presto will see them having presence in the marketshare of such devices as well.

Is MS team really capable of offering a good browser? For so many years, they are not able, until recently, but will IE9 be good enough? Honestly, most corporate are only intending to upgrade to IE8, not IE9.

Buying over a company doesn't really means you always have to gain market share or gain something because you don't have it. The main thing MS is acquiring is the talents and the work Opera had done, which would take ages for IE to develop a rip-off version of it.

[Neoauld]

I can picture mass Opera fan boy suicides!

(so maybe not such a bad idea) ;)

Id rather Apple fanboy suicides, opera ones are more vicious, but the apple ones are outright douchey and always in your face annoying, yet so inferior...

[soldier1st]

Id rather Apple fanboy suicides, opera ones are more vicious, but the apple ones are outright douchey and always in your face annoying, yet so inferior...

i agree, Apple gets in your way and never gives anything free even support and if you press on they tell you to leave us alone like Steve Fail Jobs did to a paying customer.