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Opera's CEO to Swim From Norway to the USA

Posted by Zonk on from the friday-morning-project dept.

Viggeh! writes "An overly excited Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software, today proclaimed at an internal company meeting that if the download numbers of the new Opera 8 Web browser reach 1 million within the first four days of the launch, he will swim from Norway to the USA with only one stop-over for a cup of hot chocolate at his mother's house in his home country, Iceland. The new browser was released Tuesday and was downloaded 600.000 times in the first 48 hours since release. The challenge will end on Saturday at 0900 a.m. CET, so if you want to try out some new software and make the CEO stick to his big words, download it at Opera's webpage(direct link)."

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  1. Re:Well finally! by StarWreck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thats got to be one of the funniest things I've ever read on Slashdot. Not only that, but it has proper capitalization... somethig most Slashdotters can't seem to grasp.

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  2. we all must run Windows in some form by Vandil+X · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    For such a geek heavy site as /. you'd think a download link would be to a platform select page and not the windows installer.
    Although many /. readers dislike Microsoft and/or their software, we all must run Windows in some form (be it directly or in a VM) to get certain things done.

    For example, I have to boot Windows (on a Virtual PC) just to open up my company's MS Access Databases and to test Web sites natively under IE6.
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  3. Re:600.000 times by Me303 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    öh :/ i dont never understand why somewhere month goes first.. of course its go.. first day then month and then year (like numbers smallest first then bigger)..

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  4. Re:IT: Opera's CEO drowns off coast of Norway by ggvaidya · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't you mean in the Mysterious Future? ;)

  5. Re:600.000 times by WaterBreath · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Any computer geek should know that it's year first, then month, then day.

    The text sorts better that way.

  6. Re:600.000 times by Fredge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm not sure about standards elsewhere in the world, but in America if you ask someone the date they will likely reply with the format of "April 22, 2005" thus in numeric format it is 04/22/2005 (MM/DD/YYYY) - the numeric format corresponds to the spoken format.

  7. Re:Cold by (v)Jargon(v) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No way man! you would def. die.

  8. Re:He'll be disappointed... by CFTM · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn straight! We don't need'em either 'cause only WE matter!

    Damn I tried to make a somewhat humour joke, at least in my mind but the lamness filter stopped me :~(

    Evil /. has thwarted my plans for world domination once again ... oh well back to cubicle hell for me!

  9. Re:He'll be disappointed... by jaylene_slide · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Beautiful sig.

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