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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. lol! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lol! looooooooool!

    1. Re:lol! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      wat da hell is dat po!???????
      do u wan 2 chat???
      may i no ur asl.............

  2. In other news by Phekko · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It has been confirmed that water is, indeed, wet and that it may not be necessary to pay SCO $699 to keep using Linux

    --

    Sigs for Nerds. Sigs that Matter.
    1. Re:In other news by Roofus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Karma. What is it good for?

      Reincarnation.

  3. Mike! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That sucks Eric is sick, I really don't want to stay here much longer.

    Josh

  4. I interviewed the Swedish chef... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and here's what he had to say...
    "Nurf de wup dee do worf byurn hurm de dum de do Bjork Bjork Bjork!!!"

  5. corepirate nazis hide behind glowbull warmongering by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it's 'good' for 'business', plus. it takes the folkcuss off of the felonious payper liesense softwar gangster stock markup FraUD execrable, which is WANing into coolapps/the abyss, at the speed of right.

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  6. $12 million dollar by kappa · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Isn't "$12 million dollar" like the infamous "CD disk"?

    Pardon, English is not native for me.