Opera Sold
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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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A Former User last edited by
The transaction has been approved and it's near closing.
http://www.newsweb.no/newsweb/search.do?messageId=412332Which means what?
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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...: -
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 last edited by
Opera will retain the Skyfire and SurfEasy
businessesWhat are those two?
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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 last edited byDo 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". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
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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 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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Deleted User last edited by
Goodbye, Opera.
Goodbye, Zhou Hongyi.(posted from the Chrome I installed yesterday)
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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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blackbird71 last edited by
So that is the reason opera got seriously messed up. They changed everything I loved about this browser and it will only get worse...
Any meaningful effects of Opera's sale have yet to ripple through to the design of Opera. Software design simply doesn't move that fast, for better or worse.
