Opera: Now we are ten
Published: 31 Aug 2005 09:55 BST
Opera Software is temporarily offering the paid version of its browser for free, as part of its 10th anniversary celebration, the company announced on Tuesday.
Opera said that complimentary registration codes for Opera 8 would be available until midnight Tuesday US time, and were still available from the Opera Web site at 9am Wednesday GMT.
The license is good for the life of that particular browser, said Michelle Valdivia, a marketing communications manager for Opera.
Opera 8, which launched in April, normally sells for $39 ( £21.80) per licence.
"This is a surprise gift for anyone coming to the party," Valdivia said.
The company's anniversary party site includes games, the history of Opera's browser, downloadable music by Opera employees, and an area to chat with Opera chief executive Jon von Tetzchner.
"On this day, we celebrate our users," Tetzchner said in a statement.
The Norway-based company began in 1995 as a research project at Norwegian telecom company Telenor. Opera develops and markets browsers for desktops, mobile phones and home entertainment devices.
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