Re: [LUNI] A mercifully brief review of Opera beta 5

From: Steven Lembark (lembark@wrkhors.com)
Date: Sat Mar 24 2001 - 10:48:14 CST

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    > It has two obnoxious, looping advertisments. It took less than two minutes
    > to stop gagging and --purge it.
    >
    > Yeah, I know, they're so sure we're all a bunch of cheap software thieves
    > that they have to build their advertising into it. But from what I've seen
    > of it _on Linux_ up to this point, it's not worth paying for, and with this
    > crap I assure I will never be taking a closer look at it. Lose-lose...

    not quite. they make a living on the code. if you really find
    the ad's that annoying then pay US$29 and buy the add-free version.
    the ads are their way of both (a) eating and (b) being able to get
    the software out for free.

    ditto for websites that have banner ads along the edges. Doubleclick
    may not be your favorite vendor, but they do manage to keep most of
    the web freely available to surfers. 

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 Steven Lembark                                   2930 W. Palmer St.
                                                 Chicago, IL  60647
 lembark@wrkhors.com                                   800-762-1582
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