Opera CEO will swim from Norway to USA if Opera 8 hit 1million

http://www.opera.com/
On Opera's frontpage you can now read a quote from CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner saying: "I will swim from Norway to the USA if download numbers of Opera 8 reach 1 million in four days".
An interesting bit of information realted is found at an article at slashdot http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/22/122214&tid=185&tid=218 where it says that during the past 48 hours Opera 8 has been downloaded 600.000 times allready.

Look like it's going to be chilly trip over to the States. Good luck mate, I'll wave at you while you pass by England.
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Reply #1 Top
I'm hearing alot of good things about Opera. I'm going to have to try it again.

Reply #2 Top
Meowy gets a towel ready for when he arrives here.
Reply #3 Top
Wonder what country he's from... by the sound it's German. It sound like a really strage statement. Anyone taken a bath in the Norwegian sea know it's bloody freezing. And I can't belive he would have such low expectation to his own software. Doensn't make sence. All though... pretty nice PR trick to get people to download and try the software...
Reply #4 Top
Wonder what country he's from...


Surprisingly, he's from Norway.

Opera Software ASA
Waldemar Thranes gate 98
NO-0175 OSLO
NORWAY

Tel: +47 24 16 40 00
Fax: +47 24 16 40 01
Reply #5 Top
I know Opera is Norwegian, but his name certainly isn't. My theory is that he has moved to Norway and not yet dipped his toe in the water.