Microsoft should buy Opera
December 23rd, 2005
MarketWatch.com:
The smart move for the company would be for Microsoft to discard the entire code base of Internet Explorer and buy the Opera browser (from Norway) outright and use it instead.
Opera Software trades on the Oslo Stock Exchange for around 21 Norwegian Kroner or about $3 a share. Microsoft could buy the whole company for less than $400 million. It paid that much for WebTV and has little to show for it.
Also, if you look at the licensing for Microsoft Internet Explorer, the company may finally get tired of these obtuse arrangements and actually own outright the code base for this important tool. Today’s Internet Explorer is actually a hodge-podge of bought and licensed technologies cobbled together.
Interesting idea!
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