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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. No way this is possible ... by gstoddart · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I find it hard to believe there is any way in hell you *could* swim from Norway to the USA.

    Even if you already held a large number of distance swimming records, that just sounds impossible given the distances involved.

    What is that man talking about?

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    Lost at C:>. Found at C.
  2. Re:I'm the CEO by RealityMogul · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe he means "swims" in the pool of a cruise ship.

  3. Re:I tried it once by rikkus-x · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's nothing, I got 10 metres from the other coast, decided it was too much, and swam back.

    The old jokes are the best.

    Rik