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Dvorak Says MS Should Buy Opera

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-does-everybody-want-it-suddenly-huh dept.

patro writes "Should MS beef up cranky old Internet Explorer for today's standards? Dvorak thinks buying Opera would be a smarter move. It works on all the major platforms including the Mac which IE won't support anymore and $400 million for it is pocket money for Microsoft."

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  1. Yeah, well... by killmenow · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...Dvorak is a hack...so, there you have it.

    1. Re:Yeah, well... by Golias · · Score: 5, Insightful

      ...Dvorak is a hack...so, there you have it.

      You got modded as a troll, but your comment is 100% correct. Dvorak has made a career out of spouting sensational bullshit (which even he must know is nonsense) in order to generate more hits for his site. He's one of the most successful trolls on all of the Internet.

      If the editors are going to pay any attention whatsoever to submissions about his articles (and they ought not), then Slashdot needs a "Dvorak" category, so we can filter it out.

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  2. It works on all the major platforms... by ThatGeek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Microsoft doesn't want their stuff to work on all other platforms... After all, they intentionally discontinued work on IE for mac, and have bought several companies only to immediately axe their Linux offerings.

    Microsoft is not a company selling apps, Microsoft is a company selling lock-in. As long as customers are sticking with them, they don't really need to spend "pocket change" to keep up with technology.

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  3. Dvorak has apparently forgotten.. by McNally · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dvorak has apparently forgotten all the work that Microsoft put into stuffing Internet Explorer and its components into every unlikely corner of the Windows operating systems. You can't just easily rip that out and replace it with a new browser..

  4. Dvorak just needs to go away... by Svartalf · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He's just another utterly clueless pundit. To have them buy Opera is to admit that they didn't have what it takes to secure and extend the thing. MS flatly won't be inclined to do that if they can help it- this suggestion is in the same class as saying MS ought to do a Linux version of MS Office.

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  5. Not compatible by wombatmobile · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Unlikely. Opera isn't compatible with Microsoft's business strategy since it implements web standards.

  6. Why so much Dvorak by guaigean · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why does Dvorak even make it on here? I'm not trying to troll, just noticing that every Dvorak post made is a HUGE flamewar against his ignorance in computing. I mean, sure, he can have his opinion. But why does it make slashdot EVERY single time he makes a comment?

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