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    • custdemotest
      custdemotest last edited by

      Good to know: searching on bgp.he.net for AS6461 (SkyFire, see http://www.skyfire.com/moving?from=/ ) I found Zayo Bandwidth Inc instead. Very serendipitous...

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        Opera will keep Skyfire and Surfeasy: http://www.newsweb.no/newsweb/search.do?messageId=407334

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        • custdemotest
          custdemotest last edited by

          Yeah, my bad.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            The transaction has been approved and it's near closing.

            http://www.newsweb.no/newsweb/search.do?messageId=412332

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            • blackbird71
              blackbird71 last edited by

              Thanks for the info link, @leocg.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by

                The transaction has been approved and it's near closing.
                http://www.newsweb.no/newsweb/search.do?messageId=412332

                Which means what?
                Are they selling everything but or just some? "Consumer business"?

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                • blackbird71
                  blackbird71 last edited by

                  The answer probably rests within this quote from July 2016 ( http://www.fin24.com/Tech/News/opera-web-browser-firm-sold-for-just-600m-20160718) :

                  The Norwegian company will sell businesses including browsers for mobile devices
                  and desktops, technology licensing and a stake in a Chinese venture to the same
                  group that attempted the full takeover... The partial sale means the buyer group
                  gets the assets that Opera is best known for - browsers that help mobile-phone,
                  tablet and computer users surf the web faster by using less data.

                  The 'partial sale' is the one referenced in @leocg 's link several posts above ( http://www.newsweb.no/newsweb/search.do?messageId=407334) and is the current sale version:

                  On 15 August 2016, Opera and the Consortium signed an amendment to the Agreement
                  whereby it has been agreed that Opera will retain the Skyfire and SurfEasy
                  businesses in exchange for a reduction of the previously agreed enterprise value...:

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                    And the sale is completed: http://www.newsweb.no/newsweb/search.do?messageId=412755

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by

                      Opera will retain the Skyfire and SurfEasy
                      businesses

                      What are those two?

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                        What are those two?

                        SurfEasy is the company behind Opera's VPN.

                        Skyfire is responsible for the technology behind video compression in Opera Mini, Opera for Android, etc.

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                        • blackbird71
                          blackbird71 last edited by

                          And the sale is completed: http://www.newsweb.no/newsweb/search.do?messageId=412755

                          Once again, @leocg, thanks for the link and the info.

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                          • zalex108
                            zalex108 last edited by

                            Do you have a back up of Opera folder system & profile?

                            So, maybe it's time to do it...

                            I don't think Chinese people will do rubbish with Opera but after read some comments would be a good point to take advantage and make a full backup.

                            "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". ยท Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                              You should always do backups. ๐Ÿ™‚

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                              • Deleted User
                                Deleted User last edited by

                                Does anyone know what's going to happen now that the sale is completed?

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                  Does anyone know what's going to happen now that the sale is completed?

                                  Opera was divided in two companies: Opera ASA and Opera Software AS.

                                  Opera ASA is the holding responsable for Opera Mediaworks, Bemobi, Skyfire and SurfEasy. Opera Software AS will keep doing Opera's browsers.

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                                  • Deleted User
                                    Deleted User last edited by

                                    Does anyone know what's going to happen now that the sale is completed?

                                    Opera was divided in two companies: Opera ASA and Opera Software AS.
                                    Opera ASA is the holding responsable for Opera Mediaworks, Bemobi, Skyfire and SurfEasy. Opera Software AS will keep doing Opera's browsers.

                                    Okay. Thanks.

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User last edited by

                                      In my language the "AS" prefix has an unfortunate connotation.

                                      Frankie Tagliano
                                      ๐Ÿ™‚

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                                      • Deleted User
                                        Deleted User last edited by

                                        Goodbye, Opera.
                                        Goodbye, Zhou Hongyi.

                                        (posted from the Chrome I installed yesterday)

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                                        • Deleted User
                                          Deleted User last edited by

                                          @xiaokaoy:

                                          Goodbye, Opera.

                                          Opera's servers are still run under Norway's rules.

                                          Goodbye, Zhou Hongyi.

                                          I'd rather have him looking at my browser history than Larry Page or Sergey Brin.

                                          posted from the Chrome I installed yesterday

                                          so now all your data belongs to Alphabet, Inc.

                                          Congratulations to your smart decision.

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                                          • Deleted User
                                            Deleted User last edited by admin

                                            Some agree with xiaokaoy and disagree with you.Mainly this one

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