Opera becomes freeware! Opera has removed the banners, found within their browser, and the licensing fee.
Opera is the most full-featured Internet power tool on the market, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera’s groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.
It’s 2009, all browsers are free. Firefox is the leading browser this time. IE is dying out because it refuses to grow with the times. Opera is getting to be the favourite of those who want faster browsing. However, it needs to catch up with the fancy plugins that made firefox attractive and more functional.