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Opera Acquires Fastmail.fm
mattcsn writes "Opera Software just bought email service provider Fastmail.fm. Here's hoping that Opera uses a light touch and keeps the email service as unchanged as possible. From the article: 'FastMail has included a FAQ, in which it says that users who wish to not transfer their accounts over to Opera have to go into settings and indicate just that. Not acting upon the email the company sent out to its users or actively accepting the transfer will result in Opera assuming control over the mailbox and the account registration details. As to the reason for selling, FastMail says the market was getting increasingly competitive and that Opera's expertise in web browsers and especially the mobile market would help the company grow and take on the next big challenges in running and building an email service.'"
Opera has not been relevant for quite some time, except for when I used opera mini on my bb some time ago I have not used it since. Especially since FF is releasing Fennec to the Android, and on top of that I use Google Chrome, FF, and IE8 on my PC's. So Opera has been surpassed by the Browser Market and now by buying the e-mail client they are trying to gain some ground, which I do not see happening. On a side not, there is also the Safari browser which I know a lot of people use, so honestly Opera is just limping along when it should probably just be bought out by someone who has a good foothold on the browser and e-mail market.