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Opera Software Co-Founder Passes Away

worb writes "One of the two founders of Opera Software, Geir Ivarsoy, recently passed away after a long battle with cancer. His funeral yesterday was attended by Opera employees who paid their last respects to their former lead programmer. While Opera hasn't had the same success as Firefox on the desktop, it has had considerable success in the mobile phone market due to its speed and small footprint, combined with excellent standards compliance and innovative features."

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  1. In related news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Mozilla Foundation announced Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen has also passed away from a long battle with cancer. Opera fans quickly claimed that Mozilla/Firefox copied them yet again, despite millions of other people dying from cancer earlier, including Firefox extension developer Jon Pederson, who died from cancer last year.

  2. Opera. by fanblade · · Score: 0, Troll

    The show ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.

  3. Sad News On Talk Radio by Poeir · · Score: -1, Troll

    And cue the search-and-replace Stephen King posts. Truly a Norweigan icon.

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  4. sex wRith a nigga by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
  5. Re:What a shame by StanVassilevTroll · · Score: -1, Troll

    fs. not a first post. you lose. you're a loser. I make more than you. I get laid more than you. by better looking girls. and even if you get bigtime cut and look good, my kids will be better looking, my dick will always be naturally bigger, and, face it, I'm just really fucking good in bed. fuck you. i'll fucking kill you and your ugly family. have fun fucking your mom in her basement. unless you like dudes. then fuck your dad you beat you as a child. or fuck me. my ass is always open for a party dickwad. fuck me. i like to suck dick.

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  6. YES! 7p by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Quaareled on teeth into when Worthwhile. It's tracJk of where

  7. Passes Away? How About... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll



    Passes away? How about:

    - Bought the farm
    - Bit the dust
    - Went to meet his maker
    - Has a new address: 6 Feet Under
    - Is pushing up daisies

    or (drum-roll)

    - Died!

  8. Bad News/Good News. by Picass0 · · Score: 0, Troll


    Sad news and my thouhts to the family.

    But the good news is there's still time to buy banner space on his casket!