Opera Free as in Beer

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday September 20, 2005 @12:27AM from the well-isn't-that-special dept.

nekura writes "Just last month, Opera was celebrating their 10 year anniversary by giving away free registration codes; now they've trumped that by offering Opera for free. Quoth their site, 'Opera has removed the banners, found within our browser, and the licensing fee. Opera's growth, due to tremendous worldwide customer support, has made todays milestone an achievable goal. Premium support is available.' Anyone who was on the verge of switching before now has virtually no reason not to."

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Free Opera?? by Artie_Effim · 2005-09-20 00:30 · Score: 2, Funny

Now if only the local troupe would also follow suit, oh wait, no Wagner. Nevermind.
Yeah, right. by Levine · 2005-09-20 00:32 · Score: 2, Funny

Anyone who was on the verge of switching before now have virtually no reason not to.

Yeah, cause I was just biding my time with Firefox until Opera was free. Right.
Hopefully Microsoft will do this as well! by mynickwastaken · 2005-09-20 00:32 · Score: 4, Funny

I hope that Microsoft will decide also to give Internet Explorer for free. My desktop is full of banners and popup windows.
Free Activation Codes For Naught? by ColdCoffee · 2005-09-20 00:36 · Score: 1, Funny

So let me get this straight....a couple of weeks after offering Opera activation codes for 'FREEEEE!', the turn around and negate their 'exclusive, one day only' offer by offering their product to any old schmuck? I feel so....common. *sigh*

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Re:Free is good... by It+doesn't+come+easy · 2005-09-20 00:37 · Score: 4, Funny

Free beer with every copy of Opera is best.

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Cool, but... by inkdesign · 2005-09-20 00:37 · Score: 2, Funny

..how far is the ceo going to swim this time?
Re:Torrents by Pieroxy · 2005-09-20 00:37 · Score: 1, Funny

Just missed an opportunity to shut up... My bad.

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Re:Can someone please explain to me... by Errtu76 · 2005-09-20 00:40 · Score: 4, Funny

smaller binary name == less chance on RSI while executing it from the command line
Re:Firefox by MysteriousPreacher · 2005-09-20 00:46 · Score: 4, Funny

Well FireFox is a web browser as well so you can't rule out the posibility that Opera is trying to compete with it.

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Free beer? by RasendeRutje · 2005-09-20 01:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Help! I installed Opera, but can't find the free beer option...

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Re:Can someone please explain to me... by Errtu76 · 2005-09-20 01:11 · Score: 2, Funny

"sudo ln -s /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/ff"

It was a joke, but okay:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/opera /usr/bin/o

i win again! :P
Re:Torrents by endoplasmicMessenger · 2005-09-20 02:30 · Score: 5, Funny

BTW, Opera has torrent support built in. So once you install it, you can go get the torrent!

Oh, wait...

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Re:Good by Excelsior · 2005-09-20 06:18 · Score: 2, Funny

I had been a huge fan of Opera since I discovered it

I had been a huge fan of the Internet since I created it.

-Al