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internetnews.com: Opera CEO is Sunk on Browser Downloads

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 27, 2005

“Not that there’s ever a good time to find warm water to swim
from Oslo, Norway, to the U.S., but Opera’s CEO Jon von Tetzchner
picked a bad time of year to make good on his promise.

“Last week, the Opera leader vowed to swim from his homeland to
the U.S. if downloads to his latest Web browser reached 1 million
over the weekend…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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