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Opera Software Changes Name To Otello Corporation (reuters.com)
Opera Software has changed its name to Otello Corporation, it said in a statement on Monday. From a report: Otello owns companies that develop software for advertising, telecoms, games and other online business. The name changes does not affect Opera Software AS or the Opera and Opera Mini internet browsers, all of which Otello sold in 2016, Opera Software AS said in a separate statement.
It's been about ten years since Opera mattered, even to nerds.
See subject & demand that your government BANS BUMP STOCKS IMMEDIATELY. Banning bump stocks is the ONLY way to prevent future mass shootings like the Las Vegas shooting.
The Vatican doesn't want bump stocks banned & is spending millions of dollars to LOBBY AGAINST banning bump stocks. The VAST FORTUNE of the Vatican was obtained through illicit means including funding wars in Europe. The tradition of using VIOLENCE to grow the wealth of the Vatican is alive and well. Collectively, the Vatican, George Soros, and the NRA, are fighting (figuratively, I hope) to keep them legal. Jesus Christ is ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE.
* Moderators will undoubtedly attempt to censor my post to -1. This censorship is wrong and is probably paid for by the Vatican. It's no better than Hillary Clinton and the DNC paying shills to support George Soros and spread conspiracy theories about Russia. Slashdot must ultimately ELIMINATE MODERATION.
The real purpose of the Russia investigation is to DEFLECT ATTENTION away from the Democratic COLLUSION with the Vatican. Any alleged Russian meddling in our election was dwarfed by the Vatican meddling, delivering tens of millions of dollars to support DEMOCRATS. Notice how Democrats paid lip service to banning bump stocks & then took no action. On the surface, they appear to support gun control, but in reality Democrats align their agenda closely with the Vatican on nearly all issues. The Vatican is by far the biggest manipulator of American elections, but does so behind the scenes. That is why only one Catholic has ever been elected President and he was assassinated by the Vatican for going against their plan to remain IN THE SHADOWS.
Good posts (like this one) keep ending up at -1, and it makes Slashdot IMPOSSIBLE to read. Moderation (censorship) is RUINING this site. The moderation system has become a means for enforcing groupthink and SILENCING users like Creimer who become unpopular with a small group of MORONS with mod points. Once their karma is depleted by the ABUSE, they can only post twice a day, and at a score of -1. I post anonymously so my imposters can't silence me in the same manner. Otherwise, I would no doubt be their next victim based on the amount of abuse I take.
Most of the abuse is because I won't OpenSORES my Hosts File Engine. JEALOUS LOSERS are angry they can't PIRATE my code and because I tell the TRUTH about them in my posts. Most are angry because they keep DESTROYING themselves against me. It's really quite sad and pathetic.
APK
P.S.=> Idiots like AssFux(lol) have no courage. They will keep censoring my posts and making false statements about me. I circumvent their feeble efforts with my Hosts File Engine. It's also FAR more secure than any antivirus or firewall can ever hope to be... apk
... reversi!
Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600 million...
I still use Opera 11.60 which may have been their last "decent" browser. Doesn't work for every site, but for some it's great. They should call their new company BadIdeas because that seems to be all they've come up with for years.
Opera went from a respectable niche browser to a Chinese Chrome clone. Use Vivaldi or Otter if you want the “real” Opera back.
I'm assuming you didn't even bother to read the summary, since it clearly states:
But while we're on the topic of the Opera web browser, it's important to note that it has almost the same number of users as Firefox does these days.
The most recent browser market share stats show that the various Opera browsers have a market share of around 4%. Firefox, on the other hand, is only about 5% in total, including their desktop and mobile offerings.
We should also remember that Firefox is probably losing market share at a much faster rate than the Opera browsers are. Firefox 57 was a disastrous release for Firefox, breaking most extensions for most users. The new UI also hasn't been well received, and many users report not seeing any of the claimed performance improvements. More recently there was the disastrous marketing stunt where they injected a very suspicious extension into Firefox users' browsers unexpectedly. The negative sentiment surrounding Firefox is perhaps at an all-time high. People are truly disliking Firefox now more than they ever have before.
So I think it's very plausible that Firefox will shed more and more users, especially after this latest extension injection debacle. All it will take is them losing 1% of their users to end up where Opera is. Seeing as Firefox has dropped from about 35% of the market down to 5% within only a few short years, losing 1% is very possible.
If you consider Opera irrelevant, then Firefox is just about as irrelevant now, and is likely to become more and more irrelevant as its market share continues to drop lower and lower.
Actually, I'll just AltaVista that.
HOLY SHIT! This is one of the shortest summaries we've seen around here in a long time, and even then you couldn't be arsed to read it!
It very clearly states:
Let me put that in bold for you, in case you missed it:
And let's italic it, too, just to be sure:
Since you still might be having trouble understanding this simple concept, let's monospace the text:
And since there's still a good chance you're too foolish to read what it's saying, let's repeat it a few more times:
Do you understand now? Do you?
In conclusion:
Change the name!
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See subject: To whom it may concern - the freak I'm replying to has some dumb scheme in impersonating me folks - ignore him.
* He's just a butthurt fool that tried to "take me on" in tech stuff & lost badly to his public dismay is all - I've seen it before & it makes me LMAO!
(His "kind" brings it on themselves & this is their WEAK effete 'retaliation'...)
APK
P.S.=> You're a whackjob freak - no questions asked - this has to be the 10th time you've impersonated me this week alone - apk
See subject: To whom it may concern - the freak I'm replying to has some dumb scheme in impersonating me folks - ignore him.
* He's just a butthurt fool that tried to "take me on" in tech stuff & lost badly to his public dismay is all - I've seen it before & it makes me LMAO!
(His "kind" brings it on themselves & this is their WEAK effete 'retaliation'...)
APK
P.S.=> You're a whackjob freak - no questions asked - this has to be the 11th time you've impersonated me this week alone - apk
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I know the domain was taken, but wat te ell.
Te otello board was fun too.
I've had an OtelloBox case for phone for years...
Best case on the market
even had one for work tablet
made it big and heavey
but was good
MORE OTELLOBOX CASES FOR ALL!
The problem with picking a name like this is that a large fraction of your potential customers will spell it the way it's normally spelled in English - Othello. When they're unable to find the website to download the browser, a large number of them will just give up.
A similar thing happened to a friend. He opened a high-end mail order chocolate shop (one of the places he advertised was in-flight magazines) but used some name whose spelling looked nothing like its pronunciation. I warned him that would make it impossible for people who vaguely remembered the name to find his store via a web search, but he was so enamored with the name he stuck with it. He was bankrupt within a few years. (The chocolates were good though.)
Likewise, company and product names which are common words (Opera, Otello/Othello) can be impossible to find in search engines or have a lot of noise in their search results. Whereas made-up unique names and acronyms or obscure words from dead languages (VAIO, ATIV, Camry, Prius, Pepsi, Verizon, etc.) yield easy and exact search results, provided people can remember your made-up word. I know this is marketing, but in this case it's true. You want your customers to be able to find you as easily as possible.
First they kill their browser and then themselves. Bravo!
See subject: To whom it may concern - the freak I'm replying to has some dumb scheme in impersonating me folks - ignore him.
* He's just a butthurt fool that tried to "take me on" in tech stuff & lost badly to his public dismay is all - I've seen it before & it makes me LMAO!
(His "kind" brings it on themselves & this is their WEAK effete 'retaliation'...)
APK
P.S.=> You're a whackjob freak - no questions asked - this has to be the 20th time you've impersonated me this week alone - apk