Saturday, December 24, 2005
I don't get why Microsoft would want to buy Opera
Let's go into the biggest Christian holiday of the year with a little controversy in the blogpsphere, shall we? I step away from the mainline blogging threads for on day, and all of a sudden I get a rush of posts about Microsoft possibly buying Opera. I don't get it.
Maybe I'm just ignorant/myopic/blind to the truth, but I don't see the point in a company already producing a major web browser buying out another.
Technologically, Opera's got more traction in the mobile browsing space - an area of expertise MS surely would be able to eventually incorporate into their producs on their own. The only thing I can think of it that Microsoft would shell out potentially hundreds of millions of dollars to buy a company just to keep rival Google from doing to same.
Opera reportedly denies the rumors that it's selling out to Microsoft. Of course, they did the same for Google. Michael Gartenberg and John C. Dvorak, both way smarter than I, both offer speculation on what the acquisition could mean for MS.
Maybe I'm just ignorant/myopic/blind to the truth, but I don't see the point in a company already producing a major web browser buying out another.
Technologically, Opera's got more traction in the mobile browsing space - an area of expertise MS surely would be able to eventually incorporate into their producs on their own. The only thing I can think of it that Microsoft would shell out potentially hundreds of millions of dollars to buy a company just to keep rival Google from doing to same.
Opera reportedly denies the rumors that it's selling out to Microsoft. Of course, they did the same for Google. Michael Gartenberg and John C. Dvorak, both way smarter than I, both offer speculation on what the acquisition could mean for MS.
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Hi Chris, and Happy Holidays! Long time.
Thanks for the generous (and I detect sarcastic?) complement, but I know when to bow down when I'm in the presence of great media people. I've beeen a fan of John's for years since the "Silicon Spin" days of ZDTV. And I've been reading Michael's work for awhile now and I've been very impressed.
And like the title of my post says, I've no idea what MS would want with Opera, so chalk one up for me being stupid and not seeing what others do.
Have a good one and thanks for commenting!
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Thanks for the generous (and I detect sarcastic?) complement, but I know when to bow down when I'm in the presence of great media people. I've beeen a fan of John's for years since the "Silicon Spin" days of ZDTV. And I've been reading Michael's work for awhile now and I've been very impressed.
And like the title of my post says, I've no idea what MS would want with Opera, so chalk one up for me being stupid and not seeing what others do.
Have a good one and thanks for commenting!
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