Slashdot to profile Opera
Saturday, 31. December 2005, 13:46:54
Shashdot, the virtual coffeehouse for geeks, is asking its readers to suggest questions for an interview with Opera's CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner
According to Slashdot,
"Opera Software has gotten all kinds of media play lately, including rumors that both Google and Microsoft were buying the company. Whether you love or hate Opera, you've got to give them credit for building a decent browser and grabbing a small but noticeable market share in the face of competition from both MSIE and Firefox.
Co-founder/CEO Jon von Tetzchner is obviously reponsible for at least some of this success -- and for much of the company's high press profile, due not only to the Opera Browser itself but to at least one whacky PR stunt and at least one high-profile beef with Microsoft.
So who is this guy? Ask and find out. He's obviously not your typical software company CEO, so we don't expect typical CEO-type answers from him. We'll send him (direct, not through a PR person) 10 or 12 of your best questions Friday afternoon (US EST), and run his answers during the first week of 2006."
Slashdot readers are often advocates of open source software including Mozilla's Firefox browser. In the past moderators at the site have been lukewarm at best crediting the Opera's search deal with Google as the basis for the increase in downloads of the software. One moderator once commented that Opera was "off the table" for consideration because it is not open source.
So there it is folks. Log into Slashdot and submit your questions. Inquiring minds want to know! If you scroll down from the web link you can read some of the questions submitted so far.
According to Slashdot,
"Opera Software has gotten all kinds of media play lately, including rumors that both Google and Microsoft were buying the company. Whether you love or hate Opera, you've got to give them credit for building a decent browser and grabbing a small but noticeable market share in the face of competition from both MSIE and Firefox.
Co-founder/CEO Jon von Tetzchner is obviously reponsible for at least some of this success -- and for much of the company's high press profile, due not only to the Opera Browser itself but to at least one whacky PR stunt and at least one high-profile beef with Microsoft.
So who is this guy? Ask and find out. He's obviously not your typical software company CEO, so we don't expect typical CEO-type answers from him. We'll send him (direct, not through a PR person) 10 or 12 of your best questions Friday afternoon (US EST), and run his answers during the first week of 2006."
Slashdot readers are often advocates of open source software including Mozilla's Firefox browser. In the past moderators at the site have been lukewarm at best crediting the Opera's search deal with Google as the basis for the increase in downloads of the software. One moderator once commented that Opera was "off the table" for consideration because it is not open source.
So there it is folks. Log into Slashdot and submit your questions. Inquiring minds want to know! If you scroll down from the web link you can read some of the questions submitted so far.
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