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Sentinel:
Today Opera Software have released version 8.5 of their Opera browser.

The good news is it is finally advert and registration free!  The press release is here: -

http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/09/20/

Edit: Oops, JeffK beat me to it here: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=790.new#new although this topic thread may be a little more apt for the situation.

mouser:
very cool news.
having multiple browsers can only be better for all of us.

an interesting thing - opera statement of why Opera is now free:
http://www.opera.com/free/

"Opera has removed the banners, found within our browser, and the licensing fee. Opera's growth, due to tremendous worldwide customer support, has made today's milestone an achievable goal."

cough cough - nothing to do with firefox and ie being free - cough cough

rjbull:
So how are Opera going to make any money?  Surely few people will pay for premium support?

Carol Haynes:
So how are Opera going to make any money?  Surely few people will pay for premium support?
-rjbull (September 21, 2005, 03:50 AM)
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Presumably by premium email accounts (why would anyone use this?) and advertising on their website. Presumably they could diversify a bit too into webservices or ther software.

Can't help wondering how long it will be before it is killed off altogether or donated as an open source project ...

vamp07:
I Love opera but since I cant get support of RoboForm I just stopped using it. Amazing how a simple little add on is more important to me then the browser which I do consider superior.

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