Microsoft buying Opera?

December 23, 2005 By

Ahh, as Om Malik says, it’s a slow news day so rumors are running wild on the blogs. Is or isn’t Microsoft buying Opera? I have no freaking idea either way, but didn’t the Riya deal teach us anything? That rumors are just that — at least until the deal is signed? All the key players are on vacation right now, though, so I doubt something is up.

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  • http://blog.rsynnott.com/ Rob

    That really would be very odd indeed. Surely IE isn’t sufficiently far gone that it’s necessary to replace it entirely?

  • http://blog.rsynnott.com Rob

    That really would be very odd indeed. Surely IE isn’t sufficiently far gone that it’s necessary to replace it entirely?

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ scobleizer

    Rob: no. Although I talked with one Opera fan last night on the Chris Pirillo show and he was saying the mobile version of Opera is far better than the browser I have in my new sooopppeeerrr doooopppppeeeerrrr SmartPhone.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ scobleizer

    Rob: no. Although I talked with one Opera fan last night on the Chris Pirillo show and he was saying the mobile version of Opera is far better than the browser I have in my new sooopppeeerrr doooopppppeeeerrrr SmartPhone.

  • http://peterdawson.typepad.com/ /pd

    Omg- this is interesting – opera mini is the key. Who is being virgin and who is affliated with the buyee ??

  • http://peterdawson.typepad.com /pd

    Omg- this is interesting – opera mini is the key. Who is being virgin and who is affliated with the buyee ??

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  • http://web.tnnua.edu.tw/~g920713/blog.1.html gem

    well, word on the street is that opera’s buying opera.. http://blakeross.com/2005/12/23/opera-buys-opera/

    ;P

  • http://web.tnnua.edu.tw/~g920713/blog.1.html gem

    well, word on the street is that opera’s buying opera.. http://blakeross.com/2005/12/23/opera-buys-opera/

    ;P

  • http://www.zhaol.cn/ zhaol

    it was said that google were pursuing Opera? right?

  • http://www.zhaol.cn zhaol

    it was said that google were pursuing Opera? right?

  • http://djysrv.blogspot.com Dan

    Opera’s CEO has repeatedly denied that the firm is for sale. Since he owns a lot of the stock, you’d think he would know. How much Opera stock does Blake Ross own?

  • Ohadi Langis

    Opera’s CEO has repeatedly denied that the firm is for sale. Since he owns a lot of the stock, you’d think he would know. How much Opera stock does Blake Ross own?

  • from92714

    Either way, the Opera mini sure is better than what was already inside on my W-ZERO3 phone. Though there are some pages that don’t work good.

  • from92714

    Either way, the Opera mini sure is better than what was already inside on my W-ZERO3 phone. Though there are some pages that don’t work good.

  • Christopher Coulter

    mobile version of Opera is far better than the browser I have in my new [pooooopppper scooooooooper] Phone

    Meaning, of course, that you never have even tried Symbian phones and mobile Opera, because if you had, that statement would be deadly self-evident. Monoculture is an blinding thing, you know.

  • Christopher Coulter

    mobile version of Opera is far better than the browser I have in my new [pooooopppper scooooooooper] Phone

    Meaning, of course, that you never have even tried Symbian phones and mobile Opera, because if you had, that statement would be deadly self-evident. Monoculture is an blinding thing, you know.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ scobleizer

    Christopher: I’ve used the latest Nokia phones (I even have photos of Loic LeMeur at dinner showing me his new 90). I like the SmartPhone software best. But, I am biased. I doubt you’ve had the latest SmartPhones and Nokia phones side by side.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ scobleizer

    Christopher: I’ve used the latest Nokia phones (I even have photos of Loic LeMeur at dinner showing me his new 90). I like the SmartPhone software best. But, I am biased. I doubt you’ve had the latest SmartPhones and Nokia phones side by side.

  • http://peterdawson.typepad.com/ /pd

    scobes..very few of these nokia’s are getting v6 enabled apps. Yeah, the steve deering et al group did a good job with all that foo, yet the harverest for v6 enabled apps is still not there , the phones are way ahead of the infrastrcuture assests !!

  • http://peterdawson.typepad.com /pd

    scobes..very few of these nokia’s are getting v6 enabled apps. Yeah, the steve deering et al group did a good job with all that foo, yet the harverest for v6 enabled apps is still not there , the phones are way ahead of the infrastrcuture assests !!