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Opera's CEO to swim from Norway to USA
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Posted on 04/26/2005 7:18:42 PM PDT by soccer_linux_mozilla

ohn S. von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera Software is putting his money were his mouth is. Today Opera announced that 1 million copies of Opera 8 have been downloaded in the first four days. Von Tetzchner is in the water and beginning his long trans-atlantic swim. "I will swim from Norway to the USA if download numbers of Opera 8 reach 1 million in four days."- Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. In a press release, Opera PR stated that the CEO "spent a good half hour submerged in the bathtub at home in relatively cool temperatures to reduce the shock of the icy Oslo fjord."


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1 posted on 04/26/2005 7:18:53 PM PDT by soccer_linux_mozilla
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To: soccer_linux_mozilla

So will I, as soon as I find a cruise ship going from Norway to the USA that has a 24/7 swimming pool.


2 posted on 04/26/2005 7:22:05 PM PDT by Founding Father (A proud "vigilante." My money goes to support Minutemen, not Republicans.)
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To: soccer_linux_mozilla
In a press release, Opera PR stated that the CEO "spent a good half hour submerged in the bathtub at home in relatively cool temperatures to reduce the shock of the icy Oslo fjord."

FJORD!


3 posted on 04/26/2005 7:25:12 PM PDT by rdb3 (To the world, you're one person. To one person, you may be the world.)
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To: soccer_linux_mozilla

Strangely enough, I don't care...


4 posted on 04/26/2005 8:24:33 PM PDT by No Longer Free State (The last thing Reuters wants is a free and unfettered Iraqi press)
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To: soccer_linux_mozilla

A quick message to Opera's CEO:

Jon? It's okay to say, "Yeah. That was just hyperbole when I said it. I didn't really intend to do it. Sorry." rather than doing something really foolish.


5 posted on 04/27/2005 8:04:49 AM PDT by Starter (Guns don't kill people. Vin Diesel kills people. Sometimes with guns.)
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