Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 23rd Dec 2005 11:18 UTC, submitted by Gopal Verma
CoolTechZone claims that Microsoft has bought Opera. "In a recent conversation with one of our insiders at Microsoft, the source revealed that Microsoft has acquired Opera Software, makers of the Opera browser. The insider reported that both Microsoft and Google were trying to bid on Opera, but in the end, the software maker took the lead. At the moment, the deal is almost through with Microsoft and Opera planning on locations for the browser's research and development centers throughout the world." Update: Opera has officially denied the rumours (thanks to Nemesis11).
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Microsoft Behind $12 million payment to Opera
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+behind+$12+million+payment+to+Opera/2...
Not what you think. MS would make their MSN sites purposefully send mangled pages to Opera. This happened a while back.
Microsoft obviously sees Opera as a threat and still refuses to play fair.
Opera's mobile/ hand-held, in-flight market is where the big numbers are. They are really growing year-on-year.
If Opera's CEO, and vocal pro-standards employee Hakon Lie let this happen:
http://people.opera.com/howcome/
then I would have personally lost ALL FAITH in the 'new' Opera controlled by Microsoft and never use or buy a product based on their technology.