Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner
Opera is one of those Web browsers that you’ve just gotta try for yourself. For the longest while, it was relegated to the bottom of the pile for most desktop software fanatics - with ample Web browsing alternatives to be found in either Mozilla or plain ol’ Internet Explorer. Then Firefox took the world by storm, Maxthon matured, and Opera decided to change its business model (giving away its desktop browser without advertisements built-in). Today, Opera announced and released v9.0 of their desktop client - and they decided to do it in Microsoft’s own backyard. Seattle was awfully convenient for me, too! I arrived just in time to see Opera’s CEO Jon von Tetzchner arrive by boat. Must’ve taken him months to get here in that thing. If you’re looking for a Web standards-compliant browser that ships with everything (including a BitTorrent utility and the kitchen sink), give the completely free Opera a swing. Listen to Jon’s own words:
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June 20th, 2006
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Daniel Goldman
June 21st, 2006
at 12:13am
Chris, it was really nice to meet you at the event. Hope you had a good time.
Thoughts on Opera’s Opera 9 launch event » Opera Watch
June 21st, 2006
at 1:01am
[...] But before I had a chance to get up (I was still blogging and posting photos), Chris Pirillo walked up to me and introduced himself. For those of you who don’t know Chris, he’s the founder of Lockergnome and is a former host on TechTV, he now has his own (popular) radio show. Chris posted the video of Jon’s grand entrance on his site. [...]
Drew Olanoff
June 21st, 2006
at 2:19am
Great video Chris, it was great seeing you today!
Kevin Perkins, CEO Greenlight Wireless
June 21st, 2006
at 8:58am
“Guess what, everybody!? I’m gonna give a way $1MM to the millionth user to sign up for Skweezer! So start signing up!”
Two days later….
“Oh you know that promise I kept? Oh, never mind. I didn’t have the money in my account. But thanks for playing!”
Maybe everyone knew Jon was full of **** with his Atlantic swim promise, but I hate gimmicky bullshit like this in the first place. Just make your software kick-*** on its own and you don’t have to do this routine.
Jeremy Langhans
June 21st, 2006
at 12:57pm
thanks! interesting enough, i dl’d it for my powerbook g4 laptop …
even though i’ve used ie, firefox, safari, etc, all recently …
i’d say Opera 9 is going to be my new fav ^^
cheers,
~jer http://www.o0.typepad.com
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June 21st, 2006
at 5:46pm
Written by Mozilla on June 21st, 2006 with no comments. Read more articles on Autosurf Alert!. Chris Pirillo [IMG more] [IMG xml] [IMG hide] last updated: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:25:18 GMTWed, 21 Jun 2006 01:04:28 +0000 Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner Opera is one of those Web browsers that you’ve just gotta try for yourself… Opera is one of those Web browsers that you’ve just gotta try for yourself. For the longest while, it was relegated to the bottom of the pile for most desktop software
Drew Olanoff
June 21st, 2006
at 7:44pm
Kevin, the software does kick ***. Have you tried 9 yet? There is no routine involved, Opera had fun with their news. Is that a crime?
Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog @ SeattlePI.com
June 27th, 2006
at 10:05pm
An interesting sidelight of yesterday’s Opera 9 launch in Seattle was listening to BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen andLockergnome’s Chris Pirillo compare notes on their respective cease-and-desist letters from Microsoft. Both had been offering torrents for downloading the free Windows Vista Beta 2 installation. Microsoft clamped down on the practice, even though its own servers were overloaded.