"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. Opera's communications department could obviously not resist to make such a bold and inarguably over-confident statement public.
"'I am not sure he realizes how cold the Norwegian Sea is in April,' says Anne Stavnes, Human Resource Manager, Opera Software. 'However, having seen Jon in his red beach attire before, I am not sure if swimming to the USA is scarier than exposing people to this sight.'"
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At 8:08 AM,
coredump said…
Hey! Check it out:
Oslo, Norway - April 21, 2005
"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. Opera's communications department could obviously not resist to make such a bold and inarguably over-confident statement public.
"'I am not sure he realizes how cold the Norwegian Sea is in April,' says Anne Stavnes, Human Resource Manager, Opera Software. 'However, having seen Jon in his red beach attire before, I am not sure if swimming to the USA is scarier than exposing people to this sight.'"
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/04/21/
I love Norwegians. They're goofy. :-)
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