Fastmail Acquired by Opera!

shenton · 30 Apr 2010, 05:40 PM

Well, blow me down with a feather! Didn't see this one coming!
http://blog.fastmail.fm/2010/04/30/f...pera-software/

Can only be good news for folk like me who wanted more mobile facilities!

p.s. Congrats to Rob, Jeremy et al..... you've come a long way!

Terry · 30 Apr 2010, 05:58 PM

some of us have paid for 4 or 5 years ? will this be carried over or will we lose it ?

shenton · 30 Apr 2010, 06:02 PM

It looks as though all liabilities and contracts are being transferred to Opera so the service should continue according to the original contract.

Terry · 30 Apr 2010, 06:08 PM

I think its really sad as we had a good relationship with with F/m in getting excellent customer service I feel now we will lose that.

I wonder will Rob still be involved ? and will they continue with the F/m type interface ? so many questions now.

kirill · 30 Apr 2010, 06:09 PM

Heh, such a small world. Norway becoming the center of the email world?

Regarding Opera, I'd have no concerns with letting them control my data.

Good luck to FastMail and to Opera. It'd be interesting to see how things go on from here.

Ladrillo · 30 Apr 2010, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terry

I think its really sad as we had a good relationship with with F/m in getting excellent customer service I feel now we will lose that.

This can't be good...

ChinaLamb · 30 Apr 2010, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shenton

It looks as though all liabilities and contracts are being transferred to Opera so the service should continue according to the original contract.

Wow. I did not see that coming.

Can't decide whether this is a good thing or not...

Fastmail has a large fanbase, so I would assume that they would be concerned about keeping those customers. I would sincerely hope this is a good thing.

/cl

hunter · 30 Apr 2010, 06:11 PM

wow.. so many years since my last post in this forum.
and I'm back cause of this news!

I wonder what will happen to Rob ?
I only wish the same service will be available and no drastic change made by opera.

I wonder also what is the motive behind opera...

shenton · 30 Apr 2010, 06:11 PM

I agree... but I guess business is business and there was no way they could compete with the big boys forever. It does look like the staff will be transferring over, so maybe they will try to keep up the customer care too.

On the plus side, Opera have a good reputation for community too.... they don't just want to steamroller the competition but rather try to genuinely innovate.

I'm just glad Google didn't buy them!

IronMac · 30 Apr 2010, 06:12 PM

I'm a bit blown away by this but thank goodness I like the Opera browser a LOT!

I'm going to take a wait-and-see attitude here because FM has been my primary email address for years and years and it would take forever to move it all over to something else.

Taz187 · 30 Apr 2010, 06:13 PM

I'm not sure if it's good or bad. It might mean some things suck as calendar and contacts sync are developed though like so many of us have been asking for.

IronMac · 30 Apr 2010, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hunter

wow.. so many years since my last post in this forum.
and I'm back cause of this news!

LOL! Same here!

Ladrillo · 30 Apr 2010, 06:16 PM

So nobody knew this was comming???

When I got the email I thought "they´ve probably been discussing this forever in the boards".

hobbes · 30 Apr 2010, 06:19 PM

This is good for one reason:

1. Investment

I, for one, hope this will mean a world-class web interface.

michaelab · 30 Apr 2010, 06:24 PM

FYI, if you click the link to the accept/reject page that you received from FM whilst logged into the FM Beta server (in a browser) you'll get an error. You have to be logged in to the main server.

Michael.

30 Apr 2010, 05:40 PM	#1
shenton Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wigan, Lancashire! Posts: 379	Fastmail Acquired by Opera! Well, blow me down with a feather! Didn't see this one coming! http://blog.fastmail.fm/2010/04/30/f...pera-software/ Can only be good news for folk like me who wanted more mobile facilities! p.s. Congrats to Rob, Jeremy et al..... you've come a long way!

30 Apr 2010, 05:58 PM	#2
Terry The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VK4 Posts: 3,026	some of us have paid for 4 or 5 years ? will this be carried over or will we lose it ?

30 Apr 2010, 06:02 PM	#3
shenton Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wigan, Lancashire! Posts: 379	It looks as though all liabilities and contracts are being transferred to Opera so the service should continue according to the original contract.

30 Apr 2010, 06:08 PM	#4
Terry The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VK4 Posts: 3,026	I think its really sad as we had a good relationship with with F/m in getting excellent customer service I feel now we will lose that. I wonder will Rob still be involved ? and will they continue with the F/m type interface ? so many questions now.

30 Apr 2010, 06:09 PM	#5
kirill Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 879	Heh, such a small world. Norway becoming the center of the email world? Regarding Opera, I'd have no concerns with letting them control my data. Good luck to FastMail and to Opera. It'd be interesting to see how things go on from here.

30 Apr 2010, 06:11 PM	#8
hunter Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Indonesia Posts: 341	wow.. so many years since my last post in this forum. and I'm back cause of this news! I wonder what will happen to Rob ? I only wish the same service will be available and no drastic change made by opera. I wonder also what is the motive behind opera...

30 Apr 2010, 06:12 PM	#10
IronMac Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 103	I'm a bit blown away by this but thank goodness I like the Opera browser a LOT! I'm going to take a wait-and-see attitude here because FM has been my primary email address for years and years and it would take forever to move it all over to something else.

30 Apr 2010, 06:13 PM	#11
Taz187 Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 42	I'm not sure if it's good or bad. It might mean some things suck as calendar and contacts sync are developed though like so many of us have been asking for.

30 Apr 2010, 06:16 PM	#13
Ladrillo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 116	So nobody knew this was comming??? When I got the email I thought "they´ve probably been discussing this forever in the boards".

30 Apr 2010, 06:19 PM	#14
hobbes Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: UK Posts: 463	This is good for one reason: 1. Investment I, for one, hope this will mean a world-class web interface.

30 Apr 2010, 06:24 PM	#15
michaelab Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 139	FYI, if you click the link to the accept/reject page that you received from FM whilst logged into the FM Beta server (in a browser) you'll get an error. You have to be logged in to the main server. Michael.