OSLO, NORWAY– Amidst mounting speculation of an all-out bidding war between Microsoft, Google and the Korean bakery down on 3rd, Opera Software announced today that it inadvertently purchased itself in a $0 million recursive merger set to complete on Monday.
“I’m as surprised as everyone else,” said Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner. “I read the news on http://www.geocities.com/~MiltonsTechWorld192/index.html when I woke up this morning.”
“Buying Opera is very Web 2.0,” said Milton, who was studying for a social studies test and could only comment briefly. “It’s like tagging. More companies should try it.”
Analysts value the deal at 42 liters of hot air, the estimated net worth of the blogosphere’s journalistic abilities.
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About Opera Software ASA
Opera Software ASA is an industry leader in the development of Web browser technology, targeting the desktop, mobile, PDA, home media and vertical markets. Partners include companies such as IBM, Nokia, Sony, Motorola, Adobe, Macromedia, Symbian, Sony Ericsson, Kyocera, Sharp, Motorola Metroworks, MontaVista Software, BenQ, Sendo and AMD. The Opera browser has received international recognition from users, industry experts and media for being faster, smaller and more standards-compliant than other browsers.
About Opera Software ASA
Opera Software ASA is an industry leader in the development of Web browser technology, targeting the desktop, mobile, PDA, home media and vertical markets. Partners include companies such as IBM, Nokia, Sony, Motorola, Adobe, Macromedia, Symbian, Sony Ericsson, Kyocera, Sharp, Motorola Metroworks, MontaVista Software, BenQ, Sendo and AMD. The Opera browser has received international recognition from users, industry experts and media for being faster, smaller and more standards-compliant than other browsers.
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December 23rd, 2005 at 4:56 pm
LOL!
December 23rd, 2005 at 5:10 pm
A match made in heaven, if I do say so myself.
December 23rd, 2005 at 5:28 pm
Hm, now that Opera has bought out Opera, I wonder if there will be layoffs due to managerial redundancy/duplication.
Actually I feel sorry that the Korean bakery down on 3rd lost out — their stock price is going to plummett.
December 23rd, 2005 at 6:31 pm
Haha, this is great! Thanks for the laugh! :)
December 23rd, 2005 at 8:15 pm
I wonder what the tax implications of that are :)
December 23rd, 2005 at 10:09 pm
They also bought Riya!
Kevin
December 23rd, 2005 at 11:21 pm
It’s a good thing they didn’t adopt a poison pill.
December 23rd, 2005 at 11:33 pm
Aww man, and I was just about to outbid Microsoft on it, too. Too late again!
December 24th, 2005 at 1:13 am
Who else would buy them? ;)
December 24th, 2005 at 1:47 am
Actually Sun tried in 90s, but they rejected the offer.
December 24th, 2005 at 2:39 am
The Geocities link doesn’t work. Must have had too much traffic because of its quality content.
December 24th, 2005 at 4:09 am
That’s nothing. Netscape and Yahoo are merging, and basing their operations in Israel. They’ll be known as Net ‘n’ Yahoo.
December 24th, 2005 at 5:42 am
The antitrust authorities should have something to say
December 24th, 2005 at 6:37 am
This is clearly a rumour!
December 24th, 2005 at 7:22 am
Funny…. LOl…Vaporware to a new level!
December 24th, 2005 at 7:56 am
“Buy the rumors, sell the news”
December 24th, 2005 at 8:24 am
Good for Opera. Maybe we’ll see some good new software out of this. Web 2.1 intergration? :)
December 24th, 2005 at 8:30 am
It’s interesting to see that even Opera doesn’t want to spend money to purchase Opera. If they’re not gonna spend the cash, why should anyone else?
December 24th, 2005 at 8:55 am
What I had heard was that Opera bought arepO in a “reverse” merger ;-)
December 24th, 2005 at 9:26 am
Roooofl!
December 24th, 2005 at 9:33 am
Lemme guess - Next they’re gonna buy Microsoft? :)
December 24th, 2005 at 9:55 am
LMAO gerry
December 24th, 2005 at 9:58 am
“…42 liters of hot air, the estimated net worth of the blogosphere’s journalistic abilities.” LMAO
December 24th, 2005 at 10:09 am
LMFAO! I love thee internet.
December 24th, 2005 at 11:49 am
oh my godz teh w33d
December 24th, 2005 at 12:54 pm
Hmm? The link http://www.geocities.com/~MiltonsTechWorld192/index.html doesn’t seem to work…
December 24th, 2005 at 10:54 pm
Nice :)
It has been a busy few weeks preparing to move to Redmond, Mountain View, Tokyo, and the back room of the place on third. I was particularly upset that they missed out - much as I already like the lunch, kimchi would be a good addition, and I miss Chang’s Bulgogi (He used to cook it about once a week, and it made good party food).
To find that I have to change my business cards, move house, and then worry about my job in the new masterplan, only to end up in the same place in Oslo was…
… well …
… quite nice really. Happy Christmas from Bangk^H^H^H^H^HGreno^H^H^H^H^HMosc^H^H^H^H^H Oslo.
December 24th, 2005 at 11:52 pm
LMAO. Great! :)
December 25th, 2005 at 2:05 am
Great story Blake! It seems like Opera has taken the lead in self-generated aquisitions ;)
December 25th, 2005 at 11:01 am
I wish that Firefox would become as good as Opera is already (no LOL). Merger?
December 25th, 2005 at 5:03 pm
John, FF 1.5 already IS. Much more secure as well.
December 25th, 2005 at 5:49 pm
Yeah that Korean Bakery is a force. Have you ever seen that woman get mad?! I ain’t buyin’ no chocolate babka from her today.
December 26th, 2005 at 1:36 am
Bob: Arepo allready owns 18% of the stock in Opera!
December 26th, 2005 at 2:32 am
Terry, no, its not. Opera has a better more customisable interface, uses less memory (and the difference only gets better as the amount of tabs you have open increase). Its highly secure, supports as many or more standards than Firefox does, and is completely free as well.
December 26th, 2005 at 8:18 am
Excellent and very funny too.
Whats next Opera buys AOL?
December 26th, 2005 at 10:23 am
Terry, FF ISN’T. On both accounts.
December 27th, 2005 at 8:26 am
Funny
But Opera kicks the crap out of Firefox, so I guess Opera gets the last laugh.
December 27th, 2005 at 8:16 pm
LOL!
December 28th, 2005 at 12:48 pm
What is the Korean bakery?
What does it mean?
December 28th, 2005 at 7:11 pm
Opera Rules!!!
December 28th, 2005 at 8:56 pm
HAHAHAHHA this is just hilarious
January 10th, 2006 at 7:54 pm
When I first read about “Microsoft buying Opera”, I’ve written in my blog that, according to the fresh hot rumours, Microsoft and Google are each planning on purchasing the other, so it’s possible that the owners of Google and Microsoft exchange their companies in the end.
February 18th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Nice. Great article Blake. FF detractors seem to think their almighty browser is 100% scalable. Lets see what happens when (if) Opera ever ACTUALLY finds a marketshare. Opera isn’t lighter, its under-developed. (A sample of 4 mil hits on my site- Opera:
February 18th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
addendum to 45:
sample of 4 mill hits shows:
Opera at less than(<) 0.1%
FF+Moz at more than(>) 12%