Re: [Tizen General] Opera

2015-08-15 Thread Philippe Coval
Hi, I am not a web strategist but I feel this page says all : http://dadaviz.com/s/browser-popularity-country As we all know, it is always smart to avoid to put all eggs in the same basket. Also, remember this opera on gear demo, so the technology is valid isnt it ?

Re: [Tizen General] Opera

2015-08-10 Thread Bob Summerwill
I like that! People aren't assets to bought and sold. Acquiring a company is no guarantee that the good people will hang around. If there is a good product then the people will probably stay whatever the ownership, because they enjoy their work. I think Samsung is doing OK for staff count. On

Re: [Tizen General] Opera

2015-08-10 Thread Daniel Kozák
On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 08:00:37 +0200 Olivier Nyssen nysse...@gmail.com wrote: Simple: almost all acquisitions (in tech) are done for the personnel. I would say quite opposit ;). Almost all acquisitions (in tech) are done for patents. ___ General

Re: [Tizen General] Opera

2015-08-10 Thread Olivier Nyssen
Simple: almost all acquisitions (in tech) are done for the personnel. Disclaimer: I don't own Opera shares :) On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Bob Summerwill b...@summerwill.net wrote: Perhaps you could elaborate on WHY, Olivier? What does Opera bring to the table? On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at

Re: [Tizen General] Opera

2015-08-10 Thread Bob Summerwill
I think that is rather a gross generalization, Olivier, but putting that aside, so you DO NOT think there is any technology they bring to table with compelling benefit for Samsung? I don't see any compelling tech. The browser is niche and just another Blink fork. When Crosswalk hits Tizen

[Tizen General] Opera

2015-08-09 Thread Olivier Nyssen
Hello everyone, Opera Software could be an interesting acquisition for Samsung imo: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/08/opera-software-ma-idUSL5N10J09C20150808 Cheers, Olivier ___ General mailing list General@lists.tizen.org

Re: [Tizen General] Opera

2015-08-09 Thread Bob Summerwill
Perhaps you could elaborate on WHY, Olivier? What does Opera bring to the table? On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Olivier Nyssen nysse...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, Opera Software could be an interesting acquisition for Samsung imo: