Some people might speculate that Opera couldn't compete by charging when AOL, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla and most other browser developers give away software for free. Not so. Just the opposite is true,

We desegregated that opera house and made it possible for people to sit anywhere,

We don't want people to think they have to put on pearls and furs to see opera. We want people to feel comfortable and have an engaging experience. We want them to be challenged by the material, but not by the economics. Opera is not just for the wealthy.

I'd heard that you can make people laugh in opera,

The person who really knows opera is going to enjoy it. And for people new to opera, this is a good first step. They will like this.

Emulation is slower, sometimes much slower, than applications that run natively.