On Friday, Jon S. von Tetzchner, Opera's CEO announced that if the new version of Opera (8.0) was downloaded 1 million times in the four days after the launch, he would swim across the Atlantic Ocean, from Norway to the USA. He plans to swim first to Iceland where he will sit for hot chocolate with his mother, before continuing on to America.
Opera 8.0 hit 1 million downloads shortly before 9am Saturday morning. True to his bold words, Opera's CEO has announced he plans to make good of his promise, and got ready to go swimming.
Quote from Jon S. von Tetzchner:
I want to thank each and every one of the one million plus people who have downloaded Opera 8 over the last days. I am proud to say that this is the most successful browser launch in the ten-year history of Opera. I have received numerous requests over the weekend on whether or not I am going to swim to the USA should we reach one million downloads. Although I blatantly admit that my promise was based more on joy and enthusiasm than my swimming abilities and physical health, I will do my very best to keep it.
