From: "Adam Flinton" 

ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/custom/win/bork/

Downloaded & about to be unleased in Stockholm...

Adam


"Joe Barr"  wrote in message
news:3e4ceafd{at}w3.nls.net...
> From: Live Leer 
> To: Joe Barr 
> Subject: Opera and the Swedish Chef Go After Microsoft
> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:03:06 +0100
> Opera releases "Bork" edition:
> The Swedish Chef Goes After Microsoft
>
> Oslo, Norway - Feb. 14, 2003 - Two weeks ago it was revealed that
> Microsoft's MSN portal targeted Opera users, by purposely provided them
> with a broken page. As a reply to MSN's treatment of its users, Opera
> Software today released a very special Bork edition of its Opera 7 for
> Windows browser. The Bork edition behaves differently on one Web site:
> MSN. Users accessing the MSN site (http://www.msn.com/) will see the
> page transformed into the language of the famous Swedish Chef from the
> Muppet Show: Bork, Bork, Bork!
>
> In October 2001, Opera users were blocked from the MSN site. The event
> caused an uproar among Web users and MSN was forced to change their
> policy. However, MSN continues a policy of singling out its Opera
> competitor by specifically instructing Opera to hide content from
> users.
>
> "Hergee berger snooger bork," says Mary Lambert, product line manager
> desktop, Opera Software. "This is a joke. However, we are trying to
> make an important point. The MSN site is sending Opera users what
> appear to be intentionally distorted pages. The Bork edition
> illustrates how browsers could also distort content, as the Bork
> edition does. The real point here is that the success of the Web
> depends on software and Web site developers behaving well and rising
> above corporate rivalry."
>
> MSN now allows access to users of Opera 7, but is still targeting and
> sending users of earlier versions a broken page. This treatment is
> completely unnecessary, as the page would look the same in Opera as in
> Microsoft's own Internet Explorer if it had been fed the same
> information.
>
> "We are working hard to make sure the Opera browser works well on all
> Web pages, even those that do not follow the Web's standards to the
> letter," says H†kon Wium Lie, CTO, Opera Software. "But it becomes
> impossible when we are targeted and fed distorted pages that don't work
> in any browser. It's like putting a moose in the blender -- a recipe
> for disaster! Microsoft should clean up their act on MSN and their
> other Web sites."
>
> For more technical documentation, see
> http://my.opera.com/dev/discussion/openweb/20030206/
>
> Opera 7.01 for Windows in Bork can be downloaded from www.opera.com
>
> About Opera Software
> Opera Software ASA is an industry leader in the development of Web
> browser technology, partnering with companies such as IBM, AMD, Nokia,
> Macromedia, Symbian, Canal+ Technologies, Ericsson, Sharp, Metrowerks,
> and MontaVista Software. The Opera browserhas received international
> recognition from users, industry experts and media for being faster,
> smaller and more standards-compliant than other browsers. Opera's
> browser technology is cross-platform and modular, targeting the
> desktop, smartphone, PDA, iTV and vertical markets.
> Opera Software ASA is a privately held company headquartered in Oslo,
> Norway, with development centers in Link”ping and Gothenburg, Sweden,
> and a representative in Austin, TX. Learn more about Opera at
> www.opera.com
>
> Contact:
> Pal A. Hvistendahl
> Marcom Director
> Opera Software ASA
> press{at}opera.com
> +47 99 72 4331
> US Toll Free: 1-888-624-4846 (Press only, please)
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