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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD$">
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Press Release: October 31, 2002">
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<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
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<p></p>
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<h3>The Daemon of the Opera: Opera Software Releases Version for FreeBSD</h3>
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<p><b>Oslo, Norway, October 31, 2002:</b> Opera Software is proud to
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announce the first golden release of its new port to the UNIX variance
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FreeBSD. With FreeBSD joining the Opera family, Opera is now available on
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eight different operating systems.</p>
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<p>The BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) operating system has its origins
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at the University of California, Berkeley. It started out as a supplement to
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UNIX, but over time it evolved into several operating systems. Of the
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different BSD flavors available, the most widely distributed is FreeBSD,
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popular among high-end users like system administrators who are looking for a
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fast, reliable operating system.</p>
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<p><cite>"Opera and FreeBSD´s users are alike in that they emphasize and
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expect stability and reliability. The match between FreeBSD and Opera should
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strike a cord with many enterprise customers,"</cite> says Jon S. von
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Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software ASA. <cite>"On a personal level, I'm also happy
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to welcome FreeBSD users into the Opera family. FreeBSD is strictly not only
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an operating system, but also a community and a philosophy with values I know
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resonate well with our own."</cite></p>
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<p>The FreeBSD community is enthusiastic to finally be able to surf with
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Opera.</p>
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<p><cite>"With the release of Opera for FreeBSD, FreeBSD users who download
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Opera for FreeBSD can browse the Web with one of the fastest browsers
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available on the market,"</cite> says Robert Watson, FreeBSD Core Team member.
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<cite>"FreeBSD´s reputation as a reliable and fast desktop operating system is
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becoming widely known, and we are glad to see that Opera Software is helping
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us create a more complete desktop environment."</cite></p>
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<p>Opera 6.1 for FreeBSD can be downloaded from
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<a href="http://www.opera.com/">www.opera.com</a>.</p>
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<h3>About Opera Software</h3>
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<p>Opera Software ASA is an industry leader in the development of Web
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browsers for the desktop and embedded markets, partnering with companies
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such as IBM, AMD, Symbian, Canal+ Technologies, Ericsson, Sharp and Lineo
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(now a division of Embedix). The Opera browser has received international
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recognition from end users and the industry press for being faster,
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smaller and more standards-compliant than other browsers. Opera is
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available on Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, OS/2, Symbian OS and
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QNX. Opera Software ASA is a privately held company headquartered in Oslo,
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Norway. Learn more about Opera at
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<a href="http://www.opera.com/">www.opera.com</a>.</p>
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<h3>About the Berkeley Software Distribution Operating System</h3>
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<p>Berkeley Software Distribution operating system technologies were
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originally developed from 1979 to 1992 by the Computer Systems Research
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Group (CSRG) at the University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley-derived
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operating system and networking technologies are at the heart of most modern
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Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Today, virtually every major Internet
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infrastructure provider uses BSD operating systems. BSD operating system
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technologies are used by leading mission- critical network computing
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environments and are embedded in Internet appliance platforms that require
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advanced Internet functionality, reliability and security.</p>
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<h3>About the FreeBSD Project</h3>
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<p>FreeBSD is a popular open source operating system developed by the FreeBSD
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Project and its worldwide team, consisting of more than 5,000 developers
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funneling their work to 185 "committer" developers. It is available free of
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charge from <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/">ftp.FreeBSD.org</a> and also
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distributed as a shrink-wrap software product through CompUSA, Fry's, Borders,
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Ingram, FreeBSDmall.com and others. FreeBSD includes thousands of ported
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applications, including office automation, groupware and multimedia
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applications, and is widely used in companies all over the world as a web
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server, file server, firewall and router. FreeBSD is distributed under the
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Berkeley Software Distribution license, which means that it can be copied and
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modified freely or commercially. For more information about the FreeBSD
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Project, visit <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">www.FreeBSD.org</a>.</p>
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<h3>Press Contact</h3>
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<p>Opera Software<br>
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Pal A. Hvistendahl<br>
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Marcom Director<br>
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Tel: +47 99 72 43 31<br>
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Fax: +47 24 16 40 01<br>
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<a href="mailto:pal@opera.com">pal@opera.com</a><br>
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US Toll Free: 1-888-624-4846, press only please</p>
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<p>The FreeBSD Project<br>
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<a href="mailto:press@freebsd.org">press@freebsd.org</a></p>
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