February 29, 2008 at 06:25Google is back
Another important change will occur soon in the Opera Mini browser: on March 1, 2008, Google will again become the default search engine, instead of the dislike of many Yahoo. As the Norwegians themselves explain , this is done at the request of users who do not want to refuse a better service.
However, it is possible that such a step was the result of more serious events taking place in the software world. In particular, in recent weeks, Microsoft has begun to implement its idea of buying Yahoo for a record amount in the history of software - the Redmond giant offered $ 45 billion, and for the first time MS would have to borrow money from a bank. Yahoo management refused to “sell”, but it had almost no effect on MS: if the monopolist wants something, then he tries to get it by any means. As a result, almost half of Yahoo shareholders (apparently with the filing and with financial support from MS) said that “we need to figure it out and still sell,” and two pension funds from Detroit filed a lawsuit against Yahoo and the company's board of directors accusing them of violating their obligations to shareholders, Rejected Microsoft's takeover offer. Now, rumors have spread around the network that Google itself (whose shares, by the way, as if by magic these days collapsed immediately by 30%, in connection with which the company lost almost $ 700 million) plans to buy a 20% stake in Yahoo in order to prevent a merger the latter with the 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 in advance leaves the potential "partnership" with MS. True, an ever-expanding Google is also not the best option - in the future it threatens to become the same monopolist in the world of the Web, as well as MS in the world of desktop software, but today it is clearly the least of troubles.
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However, it is possible that such a step was the result of more serious events taking place in the software world. In particular, in recent weeks, Microsoft has begun to implement its idea of buying Yahoo for a record amount in the history of software - the Redmond giant offered $ 45 billion, and for the first time MS would have to borrow money from a bank. Yahoo management refused to “sell”, but it had almost no effect on MS: if the monopolist wants something, then he tries to get it by any means. As a result, almost half of Yahoo shareholders (apparently with the filing and with financial support from MS) said that “we need to figure it out and still sell,” and two pension funds from Detroit filed a lawsuit against Yahoo and the company's board of directors accusing them of violating their obligations to shareholders, Rejected Microsoft's takeover offer. Now, rumors have spread around the network that Google itself (whose shares, by the way, as if by magic these days collapsed immediately by 30%, in connection with which the company lost almost $ 700 million) plans to buy a 20% stake in Yahoo in order to prevent a merger the latter with the 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 in advance leaves the potential "partnership" with MS. True, an ever-expanding Google is also not the best option - in the future it threatens to become the same monopolist in the world of the Web, as well as MS in the world of desktop software, but today it is clearly the least of troubles.
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