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Microsoft Behind $12M Opera Settlement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-a-whole-lotta-bread dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to CNET it has been confirmed that Microsoft is behind the $12 million dollar payment to Opera (speculated earlier here). The payment was to avoid legal action over interoperability issues with Opera's web browser and Microsoft's MSN portal. On at least three separate occasions, Opera has accused Microsoft of deliberately breaking interoperability between its MSN Web portal and various versions of the Opera browser--charges that the software giant has repeatedly denied."

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  1. Opera's finances? by Ianoo · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Will this $12 million mean Opera can get rid of the spyware that seems to be incorperated into the free version of their browser and move to a more sensible business model?

  2. Re:Time to think and get informed before posting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The large support Opera gets from the slashdot idiots is a proof that Opera is using this as an excuse to profit. I knew this long before this news, because Opera was trying to hype up this stuff, but since this news appeared only at news.com which is similar to slashdot in nature (news.com is targeted to mac idiots mostly though), we can easily see that Microsoft did nothing wrong here. This is just another way of a company trying to profit from a bad publicity of a company. And remember the biased judges like Judge Jackson which didn't allow Microsoft to defend itself.

  3. Re:Hush money by black+mariah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You do that, fuckface. Your psycho paranoid delusional dickheaded bullshit probably won't be missed. Grow the fuck up, retard.

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  4. Re:Just don't visit MSN with Opera. by black+mariah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Then why didn't they break Opera 1-5 and 7 as well? Also, why not break Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape, Mosaic, and EVERY OTHER FUCKING BROWSER OUT THERE. This stupid fucking conspiracy shit is the dumbest goddamned thing I've ever fucking seen on slashdot. Seriously, Opera has about the same browser market share as MY URETHRA. Which is to say, VERY FUCKING LITTLE. Why the FUCK would MS break Opera, but not any browsers that a sizable group of people use?

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