Google returns
The next important change will happen soon in Opera Mini browser: from March 1, 2008, Google will again become the default search engine, instead of being hated by many Yahoo. As the Norwegians themselves explain , this is done at the request of users who do not want to refuse better service.
However, it is possible that such a step was the result of more serious events occurring in the software world. In particular, in recent weeks, Microsoft has launched its idea of ​​buying Yahoo for a record amount in the history of software - the Redmond giant has offered $ 45 billion, while for the first time MS would have to borrow money from a bank. The Yahoo management refused to “sell”, but this had little effect on MS: if the monopolist wants something, then he tries to get it by any means. As a result, almost half of Yahoo's shareholders (apparently, with the filing and with financial support from MS) stated that “we should understand and still sell”, and two pension funds from the city of Detroit generally filed a lawsuit against Yahoo and the company's board of directors , accusing them of violating their obligations to shareholders, refusing Microsoft’s takeover offer. Now the network has spread rumors that Google itself (whose shares, by the way, as if by magic it’s on these days, collapsed by 30% immediately, due to which the company lost almost $ 700 million) plans to buy 20% of Yahoo shares in order to prevent mergers last with a monopolist.
In general, it is very likely that Yahoo will still have the “proud name” of Microsoft, and it is possible that Opera Software simply leaves in advance a potential “partnership” with MS. True, the ever-expanding Google is also not the best option - in the future it threatens to become as much a monopolist in the Web world as MS is in the world of desktop software, but today it is clearly the lesser of troubles.
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However, it is possible that such a step was the result of more serious events occurring in the software world. In particular, in recent weeks, Microsoft has launched its idea of ​​buying Yahoo for a record amount in the history of software - the Redmond giant has offered $ 45 billion, while for the first time MS would have to borrow money from a bank. The Yahoo management refused to “sell”, but this had little effect on MS: if the monopolist wants something, then he tries to get it by any means. As a result, almost half of Yahoo's shareholders (apparently, with the filing and with financial support from MS) stated that “we should understand and still sell”, and two pension funds from the city of Detroit generally filed a lawsuit against Yahoo and the company's board of directors , accusing them of violating their obligations to shareholders, refusing Microsoft’s takeover offer. Now the network has spread rumors that Google itself (whose shares, by the way, as if by magic it’s on these days, collapsed by 30% immediately, due to which the company lost almost $ 700 million) plans to buy 20% of Yahoo shares in order to prevent mergers last with a monopolist.
In general, it is very likely that Yahoo will still have the “proud name” of Microsoft, and it is possible that Opera Software simply leaves in advance a potential “partnership” with MS. True, the ever-expanding Google is also not the best option - in the future it threatens to become as much a monopolist in the Web world as MS is in the world of desktop software, but today it is clearly the lesser of troubles.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/21012/
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