[9fans] Opera6, the phantom browser

[Sam <sah@softcardsystems.com>]

What with all the star wars talk flying around, i couldn't resist.
(Incidentally, i hear 1,2 stink because lucas is a poor director.
He evidently didn't direct Empire or Return of the Jedi).

Anyhow, I harassed support@opera.com until they finally said, "post
to news://news.opera.no, I have no idea what you're talking about."
Here's my post - no cracks about how cheesy it is or about the
flat out lies.  I'm trying not to end up being ignored like Rob was.

Hopefully this will be useful information next year when someone
goes back to ask about Opera7. ;)

Cheers,

Sam

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Greetings,

I've been communicating with some poor individual at support@opera.com and
they've told me to come here (twice, in fact).  Here's my situation ...

My development operating system, Plan9, currently lacks a browser - much
to the consternation of new users.  I want to port opera6 to plan9.  I'll
sign an NDA, give a quart of blood, help port opera6 to other operating
systems, whatever.  I understand you need incentive.  Here's incentive ...

Regular users of our OS total around 300.  These users are academics and
bell-labs employees who, I'm sure, would be happy to purchase a copy
of opera as a show of support.  Average users total around 2000.  Being
the only web browser, you would have the ad eyes of every person who
uses Plan9.  As we get users, you get concrete influence.

I'm very serious about this and very interested in seeing this happen.
Too many of our new users run away when they find out we don't have as
"basic" an app as a web browser.

Please correspond to sah@coraid.com.  One of our core developers tried
to contact you a year ago about Opera5 and claims he got nowhere.

For your edification, check out http://plan9.bell-labs.com.  Click on
Plan9.

btw, congratz on Opera6.  You're really starting to figure out the user
interface.  It's very clean, well organized, and easy to navigate about.

Cheers,

Sam Hopkins