From: "John Beamish" 

I'm with Geo on this ... so I paid.

There are still "ads" btw (well, the revenue has to come from
somewhere) ... but it's very subtlely done.

http://gigaom.com/2005/09/21/google-made-opera-browser-free/

As the article points out, it's similar to the agrement Google has with Firefox.


On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:56:56 -0400, Thees Peereboom  wrote:

> Geo.
>
> Alongside the free version, with ads, they had a paid-for version, too,
> without advertising. It was the users choice; paying by looking at ads
> or paying with money.
>
> - Thees Peereboom
>
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:30:26 +0200, Geo  wrote:
>
>> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
>> news:op.tc9yyhgcm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>>
>>>> No commercials since 8.3 or 8.4 -- try here:
>> http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?custom=yes
>>
>>
>> When they take the guy who said "hey lets stuff annoying flashing
>> commercials in the users faces" and take his stuffed body,
put it in the
>> lobby with a sign around his neck that says "never
again" then I'll try
>> it.
>>
>> Geo.
>>
>>
>
>
>

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