My OperaNew York: Meet Dan
Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:51:08 PM
Dan Alexandru (aka dantesoft) of Romania is Opera's New York - New Year's competition winner! 
He had presented us with an interesting story of romance, of love and of course: Opera IRC. His story was just too good for us to pass up. We wouldn't do the story justice by telling it here - read on in Dan's blog to let him tell it properly.
Congratulations, Dan. We hope to be kept up on how this develops.
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FB xxfluffybunny # Thursday, December 22, 2005 4:03:00 PM
RamūnasRamunas # Thursday, December 22, 2005 4:08:24 PM
FataL # Thursday, December 22, 2005 4:10:48 PM
But I dislike clip. It's pretty cheap looking...
Opera deserves more for Time Square!
Laurens BosscherDolfhinDC # Thursday, December 22, 2005 4:13:33 PM
Oh and have a lovely Christmas and loads of luck!
Fjart # Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:09:48 PM
Dan Alexandrudantesoft # Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:16:10 PM
I'll update my blog ASAP. My other passion comes first, you understand.
Danieldan1el # Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:21:03 PM
John..lokutus-prime lokutus-prime # Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:23:28 PM
Salutations,
lokutus
Daniel Goldmandanigoldman # Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:25:25 PM
Ivan MinicSerbianFighter # Thursday, December 22, 2005 6:36:32 PM
I really am glad that people in Opera really made the right choice!
arkavat # Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:27:40 PM
also congrats to all those also whose photo has appeared in the ad
( * the page is messed up in 800x600 or lower resolution, the flash area is a bit too big)
Eskil Sivertseneskils # Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:02:26 PM
Words # Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:07:18 PM
Marko Tursunovicmarkoturso # Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:54:12 PM
janbar # Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:50:11 PM
Greetings,
jabar.
VegAbrightestvega # Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:29:29 PM
Have fun~
last hong kong
*-*)
WildEnte # Friday, December 23, 2005 12:46:13 AM
Salut, Jadee & Wildente
Fatimahzenya # Friday, December 23, 2005 1:52:57 AM
Enjoy your trip
Eve
当当当wangjiaji # Friday, December 23, 2005 4:22:29 AM
David Blangstrupdavidcrickett # Friday, December 23, 2005 7:23:04 AM
VSLjackschitt # Friday, December 23, 2005 9:06:22 AM
Sigup # Friday, December 23, 2005 11:20:55 AM
Investor # Friday, December 23, 2005 1:06:56 PM
Love at first byte, and now off to the Big Apple, for the real stuff. Great story. Congrats.
Enjoy NY, good luck, and happy New Year, to both of you.
//markpoleon # Friday, December 23, 2005 6:14:23 PM
scipio # Friday, December 23, 2005 9:16:52 PM
danihovito # Monday, December 26, 2005 6:40:43 PM
jdoenet # Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:47:49 AM
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coolnut # Friday, December 30, 2005 11:19:53 PM
WildEnte # Sunday, January 1, 2006 11:04:00 AM
João EirasxErath # Tuesday, January 3, 2006 5:45:52 AM
Eskil Sivertseneskils # Tuesday, January 3, 2006 11:28:13 AM
Dan and Mira did unfortunately not manage to get their visas in time to go to NYC for new year's so we're sending them on a romantic holiday to another destination. The details are being finalized now. Stay tuned to follow Dan and Mira's adventures in the days to come! We will announce it on the front page of my.opera.com and you can also follow Dan's blog.
RobDCRobbie # Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:14:00 AM
As much as it was a fun publicity stunt to put an ad on an electronic billboard in Times Square, Opera users and affectionadios thought it was great, but it did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to get a message out to capture more users in the US market. Unless there were a few computer users who happened to be paying attention at the time, which is probably NO! Times Square is noisy and loud at any time, and New Years Eve, even during the day, is even more so.
Those of us here in the US who know about Opera know it from friends, overseas travel and the IT and trade magazines. The ONLY way to get a BIG bump in usage would be to make a deal with a computer manufacterer to put Opera on their machines.
I have only good wishes for the lucky couple, and hope for good luck for Opera here in the US.
qicai02 # Thursday, June 15, 2006 2:17:38 PM