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Google to buy opera?
« on: 16 December 2005, 01:07 »
« Last Edit: 16 December 2005, 01:15 by piratePenguin »
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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #1 on: 16 December 2005, 01:14 »
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An Opera official outright denied this claim, after I asked about it, saying "Rumors come and go. Google is not buying Opera."

It's just a rumor then

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Perhaps there is a bit of truth to this, maybe Google is collaborating with Opera on some project that we don't know about yet. Who knows?

Possibly, perhapps they're just planning to support Oper more.
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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #2 on: 16 December 2005, 16:15 »
I thought Google was a Firefox bitch?

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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #3 on: 16 December 2005, 17:46 »
That's probably why they want to buy Opera, so they can eliminate the competition to Firefox. :D


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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #4 on: 16 December 2005, 18:48 »
I've heard people wonder when Google would release a web-browser, but I could never see why Google would want one...

If they did want a browser, Opera would probably be a good buy (and a tough one, probably). They can't buy Firefox. Because they have developers working on Firefox, maybe they'd contribute to Firefox some bits from Opera, or free Opera?

I don't fully get why Google would be so interested in web-browsers.
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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #5 on: 16 December 2005, 20:06 »
opera is already free isnt it?
or do you mean make all of opera's services free?
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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #6 on: 16 December 2005, 20:11 »
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opera is already free isnt it?
Free ;)
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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #7 on: 16 December 2005, 20:14 »
Yeah yeah no body really cares. ;)
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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #8 on: 16 December 2005, 21:05 »
I do. :D

Opera is not better than Firefox.


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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #9 on: 16 December 2005, 21:09 »
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I do. :D
Cool, so do I.
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Opera is not better than Firefox.
IYO. Unless you want this to turn into another Firefox versus Opera thread...
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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #10 on: 17 December 2005, 00:52 »
Why not just build your own version from the Firefox source?

Be compatible with all the extensions and not cost a cent.

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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #11 on: 17 December 2005, 01:58 »
Konqueror > *

:)
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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #12 on: 17 December 2005, 02:17 »
I found this interesting extension for Firefox today.  You right click on a page, and on of the context option is "View this Page in Opera".  Supposed to make it easier to do your web design stuff.

Since we have begun that whole "Firefox vs Opera" thing, I thought I would start a new "Firefox & Opera" thing.

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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #13 on: 17 December 2005, 02:21 »
Konqueror!!!
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Re: Google to buy opera?
« Reply #14 on: 17 December 2005, 03:34 »
is Konqueror even good as a web browser? last ime I ran Konqueror and KDE(which sucks) was in 2003 and had many problems.