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Re:Chinese Tech Group Led by Qihoo 360 Bids $1.2B for Browse... by tallanvor on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @05:57AM (#11071861)
Well, Microsoft has maintained the development teams in Norway, so there's that. And Opera didn't wait to be purchased to dump a bunch of people in Oslo. I can't really speak as to the Trolltech and Tandberg jobs, though.
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Re:Chinese Tech Group Led by Qihoo 360 Bids $1.2B for Browse... by jjgod on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @06:38AM (#11072050)
Trolltech (now the Qt Company) did manage to maintain its staff across a few acquisitions and split, some of the most senior staff still remains active at the company.

I'd rather say this is not just Opera side has moved on, many people left Opera before the several rounds of layoffs, and some choose not to stay even when they are offered a new position (myself included).

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Re:Chinese Tech Group Led by Qihoo 360 Bids $1.2B for Browse... by digi_owl on Thursday February 11, 2016 @12:41PM (#11081605)
I wonder if that's because their owners have been fellow Nordic companies, and thus had less of a clash of cultures.
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