Operator browser sale stays at '' booth

Perhaps many have not noticed that last February the popular browser Opera went on sale and received a multimillion-dollar offer from a consortium of Chinese companies for a value of 1, 200 million dollars, 1061 million euros at today's exchange.

1, 200 million dollars by one of the best Internet browsers

The Opera browser has been considered one of the best Internet browsers but it has always been in the shadow of Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome and in recent years its market share has stagnated, to the point that during 2015 the company did not comply with the income forecasts, which precipitated its sale in the first months of this year.

The offer of this Chinese consortium called "Silk Road gold brick" (they are called like that, no kidding) is made up of software companies such as Beijing Kunlun, Qihoo 360, and the investment firm Yonglian. The $ 1.2 billion offer had been made for 100% of the shares and at the time the purchase seemed to be a fact.

Unfortunately for Opera, the purchase has been paralyzed since the Chinese consortium has only obtained 72.19% of the company's shares when 90% of the shares are necessary for the entire operation to be carried out. Now the "golden brick of the Silk Road" must achieve that 18% of the shares it lacks before May 24 if it does not want the entire business to fall.

"Opera will continue to be Opera, " says the Norwegian company.

Many users who frequently use Opera are concerned about the future of the browser if it actually passes into Chinese hands, although the Norwegian company warned that the browser will remain the same even if it is sold, hopefully so.