Opera Sold

[custdemotest]

custdemotest last edited by

Yeah, my bad.

[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

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 last edited by

Thanks for the info link, @leocg.

[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"?

[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...:

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

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

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Opera will retain the Skyfire and SurfEasy
businesses

What are those two?

[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.

[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.

[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". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

You should always do backups.

[Deleted User]

Deleted User last edited by

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

[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.

[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.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

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

Frankie Tagliano

[Deleted User]

Deleted User last edited by

Goodbye, Opera.
Goodbye, Zhou Hongyi.

(posted from the Chrome I installed yesterday)

[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.

[Deleted User]

Deleted User last edited by admin

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

[blackbird71]

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.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Actors and proprietors are not the same.

There are different degrees of proprietors' influences on enterprises. For example, there is a landlord that doesn't give a crack, when there is a family living in an apartment minding own business.
Huh! there is this case. Russia. Administration changes from crooks to thieves, then it takes a couple of decades for the country to visibly show signs of falling apart.

A couple of years ago, a bank here changed hands. Undereducated people here might have got startled about it, but nothing happened: there money wasn't stolen, offices didn't close... Some improvements though in service have accumulated since.