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Google to Buy Opera?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

patro writes "Opera Watch writes Google is planning to buy the Opera browser. The source of the claim is Pierre Chappaz, the former president of Yahoo Europe. Google obviously can't buy Firefox, so Opera might be the next possible candidate." I can't begin to imagine why.

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  1. Re:Is Opera Google's doorway to beating Microsoft? by GigsVT · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Google Earth, Google Maps, Google SMS, Google Blogsearch, they're all applications

    They aren't applications, they are toys. Yeah they are neat to play with, but they aren't exactly something that businesses will use everyday for anything that matters.

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