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Opera Free as in Beer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. Hopefully Microsoft will do this as well! by mynickwastaken · · 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.

  2. Re:Free is good... by It+doesn't+come+easy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Free beer with every copy of Opera is best.

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  3. Re:Can someone please explain to me... by Errtu76 · · Score: 4, Funny

    smaller binary name == less chance on RSI while executing it from the command line

  4. Re:Firefox by MysteriousPreacher · · 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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  5. Re:Torrents by endoplasmicMessenger · · 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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