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douglas9

(4,358 posts) Thu May 26, 2016, 08:04 AM May 2016

Opera Software shareholders greenlight sale

The sale of Opera Software to a Chinese consortium for 1.2 billion US Dollars has received the required 90% shareholder acceptance rate.

Rumors that Opera Software was up for sale emerged as early as 2012 but nothing came out of the rumored acquisition of the company by Facebook.

It was revealed in February 2016 that a consortium of Chinese Internet companies, among them Kunlun and Qihoo 360, have offered 1.2 billion US Dollars for the Norwegian company.

Opera Software, best known for the Opera web browser available for desktop and mobile devices but more successful in the advertising business, announced yesterday that the 90% shareholder acceptance rate has been reached.

AMF Opera....viva Vivaldi

http://www.ghacks.net/2016/05/26/opera-software-sale-greenlighted-by-shareholders/

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Opera Software shareholders greenlight sale (Original Post) douglas9 May 2016 OP

i have already moved to Vivaldi ... it's quirky at times, but aren't they all MichaelSoE May 2016 #1

Way back in the day when XML was still 'wet behind the ears' RegexReader Jul 2016 #2

MichaelSoE

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1. i have already moved to Vivaldi ... it's quirky at times, but aren't they all

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu May 26, 2016, 12:08 PM

May 2016

i've been a loyal Opera user since 1996 when Netscape and Internet Exploder were at war. Hopefully Vivaldi will be as innovative as Opera was.

RegexReader

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2. Way back in the day when XML was still 'wet behind the ears'

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 10:24 PM

Jul 2016

I actually paid for Opera to get the most compliant browser. Guess, time to uninstall it.
As Stephen King wrote, "The world had moved on since then. The world had emptied."

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