Opera Software A/S

This is our corporate information and marketing page. Here you can read some brief info about Opera Software, the company, as well as Registration information and Marketing information.

Company information

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Opera Software A/S is based in Oslo, Norway. The browser Opera was developed in 1994 by a team of researchers working for the Norwegian Telecommunication company, Telenor.

The team, including the two founders of Opera Software, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Geir Ivarsøy, had the vision to create an Internet and multimedia client that can be used by all computer users - including those with older machines and those with physical disabilities. They felt that existing Browsers were not suitable for these markets, and set out to address these and the problems of the Internet. Amongst them were:

the speed at which the program starts and retrieves information from the World Wide Web
the size of the program (installation and executable)
the resource requirements (using less RAM)
the user-friendliness (easy navigation and customization)

Many months later, the most amazing software product in its category was born -- from scratch and without using any common outside libraries.

The two founders made the advanced browser run fast on both modest and advanced machines, and included features to accommodate the handicapped, too, making Opera the first browser to offer these special features.

The first versions were only used within Telenor as an internal information system (Intranet). Telenor did not see themselves as Internet software experts, so at the end of 1995 Jon and Geir left Telenor, which allowed them to take the browser with them. This marked the founding of Opera Software A/S.

In the third quarter of 1996 Opera 2.1 was made available on the Internet - as a 90 day shareware version. From then on the number of loyal and excited users has been on a meteoric rise, winning over followers of competitive products often within minutes of their first encounter with Opera.

The team around Jon and Geir grew quickly, and all of them -- scattered across three continents -- are now set to leave their mark on this fast-growing market by providing a quality product supported and enhanced by superior customer service and relationships.

Today, the shareware version is distributed on various cover CD-ROMs worldwide, and a large number of articles have been written. However, Opera is getting its major exposure through happy and loyal customers who are promoting it to friends and associates, to magazines and webmasters, adding credibility to the product and the approach the company has chosen.

Opera is now selling worldwide, either through resellers our the company's internal sales network, and is in the process of being developed for a number of other operating systems, including Mac, OS/2, BeOS, Amiga, Linux and EPOC32.

Thank you!
As a final word, we would like to thank you for trying Opera and above that all those who are actively supporting us by spreading the news and moreso by registering their copy of Opera.

Address:

Opera Software A/S
Waldemar Thranesgt. 86b
0175 Oslo
Norway

Wire communication:

Telephone : +47 23 23 48 68
Telefax : +47 23 23 48 70

Internet communication:

We would like to make it easy to communicate with us, but at the same time ensure the communication with us is not wasted because an issue or problem has already been answered elsewhere. So before you contact us, please make sure you have both read the help files and the support section on our website.

Commercial enquiries - ISPs, Info-kiosk developers, CD-ROM publishers...
Web page: enquiry.html
Email: commercial@operasoftware.com

Registrations - Lost registration keys, no code received...
Web page: register.html
Email: register@operasoftware.com
Subject line: "CONFIRM ORDER" or "LOST KEY"

Support
If you need additional help with Opera, or if you simply want more information about the program, please visit our online support site support.htm. It is updated frequently.
If you cannot find what you need, there is a form on the support site that you can submit to request personal help from us.

Autoresponders
When you send an empty email to the following addresses, this triggers an autoresponse that mails you a helpful document. Your mail to this address will not be answered personally.

General info: info@operasoftware.com
Tips and Tricks: followup@operasoftware.com .

Product suggestions, comments and mailing list
Web page: questionnaire.html

News Server
Web page: forum.html
We encourage all users to participate in our newsgroups. Many questions that we at Opera Software cannot answer are being dealt with right there. You may also get an answer to your problem much faster, and the number of people who can help you is significantly larger.

Bug reports / beta feedback
Web page: bugreport.html

Alternative Operating Systems (Mac, OS/2, BeOS...)
Web page: alt_os.html

Guestbook
Web page: guestbook.html

Latest News
Web page: news.html

Opera Evaluation

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Opera is valid for 30 days of usage after installation; however, it has no limitations whatsoever during the evaluation period. These are “working days” and not calendar days. After the 30 days of usage, the only sites that you will be able to access will be our home pages (in order to purchase Opera). You will need to purchase your copy of Opera to continue using the browser.

After you have purchased Opera, there is no need to uninstall your current copy. You will only need to enter your valid registration information that you were given when you paid for Opera.

Opera is provided to you free of charge for evaluation purposes only. If you decide not to purchase Opera, please uninstall or delete the program for your computer.

How to Purchase Opera

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You can purchase Opera directly from Opera Software, or from one of our resellers in your locale. You can purchase your copy of Opera in any one several ways:

Secure Online transaction (requires a credit card).
Via phone order, fax, email attachment, wire transfer, or postal mail.

Visit our Registration page on our web site for options and instructions on how to purchase your Opera Registration Code. There is also an order form in your Help files, (/Opera/Help/reg_form.txt), if you would like to place your order offline via phone order, fax, email attachment, wire transfer, or postal mail.
Thank you very much for your support; we really appreciate it.

The price per single-user licence of Opera 3.50 is US$35.00.
We offer a 50% educational discount (see pricing table below) to students and academic institutions. And, for ISPs we offer a 10% discount in addition to the standard volume discount calculated under 'Price per Copy'.

Quantity Discount Price per copy Edu. Price

1 - 9 N/A $35 $18

10 - 49 20% $28 $14

50 - 99 25% $26 $13

100 - 499 35% $23 $12

500 - 999 45% $19 $10

1000 - 1999 55% $16 $8

2000 - 4999 65% $12 $6

5000 - 9999 75% $9 $5

10000+ 80% $7 $4

How to Register
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To register your copy of Opera:

You will need to fill in your name and company details.
If you have nothing to fill into the 'Organization' field, just enter “---” or “Private” in order to adhere to the format.
Then, locate the registration code you received in your email purchase receipt.
Use the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + C) to COPY the registration code
and PASTE (Ctrl + V) the code into the 'Registration no.' field.
Press “Register”. You are now a registered Opera user!

It is wise to copy and paste your registration code and keep it in a safe place. In case of a reinstall and/or upgrading you won't need to contact us again for your code.
You can use one license on only one PC. Please read the license.txt document in the Opera program directory for further information.

Upgrading your Registration for Opera 3.50
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As a registered user of Opera 3.x versions, you are entitled to free upgrades to any existing or future 3.x version of Opera. We have changed the registration process for Opera 3.50 Beta 11 and all future 3.x versions, including the final Opera 3.50 release. Your current Opera registration code will not work to register it.
To register Opera 3.50 Beta 11 and later 3.x releases, including the final 3.50 release, you will need the new registration information for Opera 3.50 that you received from Opera Software in a personal email letter. All Opera users who have paid for Opera will have received this newsletter. Please keep it in a safe place. If you would like to be a registered user, please visit our registration page online! Your support helps to fund the future development of this wonderful little browser.
If you have already paid for Opera 3.x, and you have not received an official email from Opera Software (or from the reseller where you purchased Opera) containing your new registration information, you may fill out the form on this page on our website. We will then send you an e-mail with all registration information that you need to successfully upgrade to Opera 3.50.

Promote Opera
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It is important for us to get the Opera name around as much as possible, and you can play an important role, too. If you are happy with Opera, and would like to support our efforts, you can add a button and/or banner to your home page.
Below you can see what we've designed for you. Have your pick, or better, have both.

We also have a banner for you:

The HTML code for it should look like this:
<A HREF="http://www.operasoftware.com"><IMG SRC="opera35.jpg" ALT="[Too fast for you!]" BORDER="0" width=88 height=32></A>
or/and
<A HREF="http://www.operasoftware.com"><IMG SRC="opera_ba.jpg" ALT="[Opera! The browser that was made for you!]" BORDER="0" width="452" height="70"></A>

Quantity	Discount	Price per copy	Edu. Price
1 - 9	N/A	$35	$18
10 - 49	20%	$28	$14
50 - 99	25%	$26	$13
100 - 499	35%	$23	$12
500 - 999	45%	$19	$10
1000 - 1999	55%	$16	$8
2000 - 4999	65%	$12	$6
5000 - 9999	75%	$9	$5
10000+	80%	$7	$4