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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2005-07-06
Google should buy Opera and Trolltech as soon as possible and make Opera and Qt as free softwares.
Sorry for replying to something so far back in the thread, but I am just sick and tired of hearing "someone should just buy Trolltech and be done with it". It's not going to happen, Qt is what it is, get used to it. Plenty of people (including Trolltech and the KDE guys) think it's great the way it is, and those that don't are using alternatives, and that's just the way it's going to be.
Back on topic, this just about ruined my day, then I read the official denial. Fantastic news about this not being terrible news, thanks Opera guys and keep up the good work.