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Google to Buy Opera?
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.
Are you interested in acquiring one aging, slightly flabby, fairly good tech? I'm cheap!
I am not left-handed, either!
If they do buy opera will they call it google browser beta and only let it be usable by windows?
I can't begin to imagine why.
My favorite thing about Slashdot is that the article summaries are so objective.
...the red 'O' is already similar.
Actually, google local already runs on a fair number of phones.
1. Google buys out Opera
2. Google.com now viewable with Opera and Firefox only
3. M$ pay Google to have IE support for Google.com
4. Google reject M$
5. M$ counter offer
6. Repeat step 4 and 5... 50 times
7. Insane PROFIT!!
Gubuntu, Googlinux, Googdriva, Googebian, Googepis, GoogleHat, Googell Desktop Linux oh god not...Googentoo!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Emo Philips
The man's been married for a while now. By this point, slashdot is the only thing left in his life over which he has any control. I say we all turn a blind eye to a little editorializing from the man, considering it's the only way he can feel like one anymore.
"I can't imagine what google is working on next, but I have been contemplating their need for a "proof-of-concept" engine that would be considered a web browser to some, but in all reality it would be an operating system."
A web browser that hides the operating system and all the associated bagage? Wow, that's revolutionary! It's amazing that nobody though of it before, way to go google!
Clearly Google's intentions are similar to that of the plans for OpenOffice.
The world's first online web browser.
Those who believe the Internet is private,
find their privates are on the Internet.
Search Me.
Oprah. I hear that the feeding and makeup costs alone would even make Bill Gates blush.
You are in a maze of little twisting passages, all different.
Better yet, why not build it with the Quake3 engine ... /drool/ /salivate/
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Emo Philips
they also attempted to register gtring.com and gspot.com, but others beat them to it.
Oops, bad wording. I consult with power CEOs.
I'm on the road dozens of hours a week, so slashdot helps to pass the time. Plus I gain a ton of insight from the comments.
You have 10 hours and a bit more to discuss this story until Opera Press checks Slashdot while drinking their coffee. ;)
Google "buys" something every week...
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/
heck, why stop there? Duke Nukem Forever is soon going gold.
"If you loved me, you`d all kill yourselves today"
Spider Jerusalem
"Pierre Chappaz, the former president of Yahoo Europe, claims to have a source, whom he says is generally very well informed, who told his doctor, who then passed on that information by way of carrier pigeon to a man in the cayman islands who collected interest off the idea for 6 months but has now passed it on to a well known orca in the Gulf of Mexico who carried it across the Atlantic Ocean to just outside of Spain where the orca was then abducted by aliens who had no need of the information and thus deposited the information in France where it worked as a prostitute giving $10 hand jobs until it could save up enough money to travel to England and tell Mr Chappaz that Google is planning on buying the Opera web browser."
Sounds pretty legit to me, guys.
that they're not going to make a server-side, AJAX-based Google Browser? I was so waiting for that...
Why would anyone engrave "Elbereth"?
I much prefer Opera to Firefox, but the ONLY reason why I still use Firefox is because of the Pimpzilla theme. Hopefully Google will make a similar bling-bling theme for Opera top priority :)
Come on, looking at Google's history, I'd expect them to do something web based. You know, just point your browser to broswer.google.com and begin surfing... wait a minute.
We raise our slide-rules high.