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Doesn't make sense
I don't see what is the advantage of bying Opera. Opera is untested in any high-usage environment, which is when virus writers seriously start looking for vulnerabilities. Before then, visions of "security" for browsers with small market share percentages are usually quite common. So suddenly putting untested code onto 90% of all computers is asking for trouble.

And, btw, their own IE7 is shaping up quite nicely judging by the latest betas. By bying Opera, it will set them back because switching to a whole different code-base is not something you can do overnight.

Seriously, who comes up with this stuff?
Posted by: Qbt   Posted on: 12/24/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Doesn't make sense  Qbt | 12/24/05
Opera is probably 10x more secure than IE, but, MS would do it to eliminate  DonnieBoy | 12/24/05
Opera is probably 10x more secure than IE  Qbt | 12/24/05
It's the pre-load issue  JDThompson | 12/27/05
"90% of all computers"  brian ansorge | 12/24/05
That is because...  Qbt | 12/26/05
Market share  GoPower | 12/27/05
Is user base really related to exploit profile?  JDThompson | 12/27/05
You don't make sense.  Fred Fredrickson | 12/25/05
Untested  Qbt | 12/26/05
Difference is....Windows is insecure by design  jinko | 12/27/05
Only if you run as admin  PB_z | 12/27/05
And how many users do that...?  jinko | 12/28/05
Yes  java.user | 12/28/05
I remember being able to pop up messages  zmud | 12/27/05
Difference is...  jinko | 12/28/05
No  java.user | 12/28/05
Speaking of not having a clue!  ShadeTree | 12/27/05
Sure, but...  JDThompson | 12/27/05
Code running in a sandbox...  jinko | 12/28/05
I wish Opera would make something new  Nigel Johnstone | 12/24/05
Merry Christmas  Nigel Johnstone | 12/24/05
This is a prank started John Dvorak  osreinstall | 12/24/05
This is a prank started John Dvorak  osreinstall | 12/24/05
yup  Jeff Spicoli | 12/24/05
Huh?  Cheonilguk | 12/26/05
Huh right back at ya  Jeff Spicoli | 12/26/05
Usage data misleading  sylerner | 12/25/05
Only reason he is still around....  theace18 | 12/25/05
This could happen, IE is a dud for sure!  anthonycea | 12/26/05
Oh No!! Not Another Microsoft "Innovation!!!"  itanalyst | 12/27/05
Missing the point  tic swayback | 12/27/05
IE is De Facto  sfmartin | 12/28/05
Sad and true  Anti_Zealot | 12/30/05

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