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Ask Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner

Posted by Roblimo on from the water-is-wide-I-cannot-get-over-it dept.

Opera Software has gotten all kinds of media play lately, including rumors that both Google and Microsoft were buying the company. Whether you love or hate Opera, you've got to give them credit for building a decent browser and grabbing a small but noticeable market share in the face of competition from both MSIE and Firefox. Co-founder/CEO Jon von Tetzchner is obviously reponsible for at least some of this success -- and for much of the company's high press profile, due not only to the Opera Browser itself but to at least one whacky PR stunt and at least one high-profile beef with Microsoft. So who is this guy? Ask and find out. He's obviously not your typical software company CEO, so we don't expect typical CEO-type answers from him. We'll send him (direct, not through a PR person) 10 or 12 of your best questions Friday afternoon (US EST), and run his answers during the first week of 2006.

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  1. Been practicing your swimming? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And that North Atlantic can be cold.

  2. Whether you love or hate Opera by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why would you hate Opera?

    And no, this isn't a setup for music jokes.

  3. Re:How do you live with yourself? by Dunbal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    as we patiently sit through the damn thing in order to get into some chick's pants?

          Cross-dressing implications aside: perhaps you should try chicks who wear skirts... I find them far more, er, accomodating...

    --
    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
  4. NY at Slashdot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where are the Christmas decorations? Hope Slashdot is not being sponsored by China where the NY is offset by a couple of months... :)

    Happy New Year all!

    Let 2006 be a year of achieving your new goals, projects and expectations. Those of you who already are - keep being productive and creative, others - let it be one of the new goals for the year.

    And - don't forget that all of us have a responsibility towards the Earth, whcih has chosen to be our home. Go Hydrogen Fuel Cells!

    Happy holidays! :)

  5. Re:North Atlantic by Kelson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Isn't this like insisting on winning the jumbo jet for collecting five billion Pepsi Points or whatever? Some advertising claims are outrageous enough that you can pretty much assume they're exaggerations.