http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-5996531.html?part=rss&tag=5996531&subj=news
Total rumor, but interesting anyway. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Would be more exposure for O, for sure, but I wouldn't want to see it lose the O branding and such.
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bja888 posted this at 20:25 — 15th December 2005.
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What does google need a browser for? Well, other than to keep toying with microsoft..
Busy posted this at 20:42 — 15th December 2005.
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I guess Google could place another O in it's name if that happens - Gooogle
In some ways I hope it doesn't happen, google would probably try place ads on the browser, scary, could even be like yahoo sites pages.
The more privatly owned (or open source) the better as gives a much fairer playing field
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bja888 posted this at 08:19 — 16th December 2005.
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Damn, you had the funnier comment
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Renegade posted this at 05:21 — 16th December 2005.
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Hm... If google wanted a browser, they would most probably take Firefox's code and modify it.
timjpriebe posted this at 13:23 — 16th December 2005.
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Yours was supposed to be funny?
bja888 posted this at 13:44 — 16th December 2005.
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It made me smile
i could totally see good doing that just to piss microsoft off...
Megan posted this at 17:07 — 16th December 2005.
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I think it's quite obvious that Google wants to compete with Microsoft and the other big guns. I agree that it would make more sense for them to create their own version of firefox, though.
Either way, I think it could be a really good boost for alternative browsers. Perhaps if an influential company like Google is endorsing them it would make a lot of people consider using them.
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Roo posted this at 19:07 — 16th December 2005.
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Anything that could be a boost to either the Mozilla and Opera folks would be a serious leap forward.
I would LOVE to see one of them take a giant bite out of IE's dominance. A developers dream!!
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JeevesBond posted this at 19:23 — 16th December 2005.
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Oh no, poor O.
I don't want my beloved browser to be bought out by that nasty megacorp-to-be.
There's potential for evil with Google, they're becoming way to all-encompassing for my liking. Nor do they have any regard for Web Standards (just try validating their site).
Microsoft? Google? What's in a name when it describes too much control over what we - as individuals - do?
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Megan posted this at 20:00 — 16th December 2005.
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That's why I wasn't too sure how I felt about it. It would be good exposure for O, for sure, but then it would no longer be O. There would be alot of google-ization of things that might not necessarily be good. Such as falling behind on support for standards, for example.
I was alos thinking that google seems to prefer to develop their own products (as opposed to Yahoo, who prefers to acquire them), so buying an existing browser doesn't fit their existing business model. Customizing Firefox would make more sense that way.
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JeevesBond posted this at 21:27 — 16th December 2005.
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Indeed, but as Megan pointed out, it's all just so much speculation! I might write to Opera and ask them, shall I send an e-mail on behalf of the forum or do you want to do it Megan?
It's worth a try and have we really got anything to lose?
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Megan posted this at 19:30 — 19th December 2005.
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Eh, no worries, they're already denying it.
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demonhale posted this at 14:09 — 17th December 2005.
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At least they are not taking FF...
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Megan posted this at 14:54 — 23rd December 2005.
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Now here's my worst nightmare:
http://operawatch.blogspot.com/2005/12/dvorak-microsoft-should-buy-opera.html
But rest assured:
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EasyNuke posted this at 00:53 — 24th December 2005.
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I wouldn't be surprised. Google is a rapidly growing site that just started from a simple college project. Who would have known that it would become this big. Maybe this could be a change for opera? or a leap for Google being an internet monopoly? Who knows, but they need to work on their adsence more..
Renegade posted this at 01:07 — 24th December 2005.
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Or maybe Microsoft buying up Opera because IE is so crap?
EasyNuke posted this at 01:39 — 24th December 2005.
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If Microsoft buy Opera they would so called say, "Try and improve it.." but we all knows what happens what Microsoft trys and improves something.. hehe..