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Opera Purchase Rumour Control

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-believe-everything-you-read dept.

We've had several submissions this morning concerning a CoolTechZone article stating that Microsoft has purchased Opera, seemingly confirming the Dvorak article we reported on yesterday. However, roblimo has followed up with Opera and found that to be (so far), less than true. Opera PR person Berit Hanson told Slashdot by phone from Oslo, Norway, that "last week it was Google, this week it's Microsoft." She laughed and added, "If I was working for Microsoft I think I'd know it, but I'm still in Oslo, not Washington, still working for Opera." Which, of course, is not to say it won't happen ... it just hasn't happened yet.

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  1. Mobile market by uncl_bob · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As progster on osnews speculated: "Microsoft wants it for the mobile market and they'll kill the pc version of opera."

  2. Dumbest. Idea. Ever. by ip_freely_2000 · · Score: 4, Interesting


    If MS needs a new browser, which they don't, it would be FAR more strategic to use Firefox, a la Netscape. Even though they would not own the browser, and they would be returning some features back to the public, they could use new Firefox features to drive sales of their server based products.

    There is no money in browsers (just ask Opera), but lots to be made in selling server software.