Much as I love Bohemia Interactive and am delighted at ArmA's OFP pedigree, I don't really appreciate being forced to view their logos while loading the game. Is there any way to skip them?

Right click on your shortcut and go to PROPERTIES; click on the Shortcut tab; after "Start in:" have this entered (x represents wherever you have it installed):

"x:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA\beta\arma.exe" -nosplash

Or if you are using 1.07 beta:

"x:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA\beta\arma.exe" -mod=beta -nosplash

ah, cheers!