I’m sure most people have heard of John Dvorak by now. He’s an editor for PCMag, and IMHO an idiot, but I think as one Slashdot member said it best (link), “He [Dvorak] is one of the most successful trolls on all of the Internet.” What’s Dvorak’s comments this time? Well, the guy seams to think that Microsoft buying Opera would be a good thing.
Umm… let’s think about this for a second. Does this sound like a good idea? How about a big, “hell no.”
If MS were to buy Opera, you’d take the best browser on the Internet and screw it up. You’d make a monopoly bigger, and reduce competition in the marketplace. Where is the good in that? o.O
I will agree with him on one thing.
Since Opera has a Mac version this may also be a reason for Microsoft to not upgrade any more than it has to. If this happening, the biggest loser might be Mozilla Firefox since many consider Opera to not only be the best browser available, but the fastest and the one with the best page rendering engine.
Anyway, there are a lot of interesting comments to read at Opera Watch and Slashdot.
The rumors of anyone buying Opera isn’t new. Just a week ago, rumors were flying that Google could buy Opera. Personally, I’d like to see Opera the way it is, but if someone were to buy it, I’d rather it be Google than MS.