# Bork MSN **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 15, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bork-msn/155249 "2003-02-15T10:52:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bork-msn/155249/1 "2003-02-15T10:52:02Z")
_From Yahoo News_ > [@](#): > > OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian software group Opera took a swipe at U.S. giant Microsoft on Friday by issuing a an Internet browser that converts text on Microsoft’s Web Site into the nonsense language of a popular television puppet. … An Opera executive said the aim was to protest what Opera alleges is Microsoft’s practice of making software that prevents users of the Opera browser – a rival of Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer – from viewing pages correctly. [Opera](http://www.opera.com/) is an excellent Internet browser. It can be considered one of the most [HTML compliant](http://www.w3.org/) browser on the market. However [Microsoft didn’t take kindly to the competition](http://my.opera.com/dev/discussion/openweb/20030206/). So Opera decided to [take it all in good fun](http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/02/14/). Opera has released its Swedish Chef’s Bork edition. It’s a riot! The Help/About info is also in Bork. Give Opera a try in either Bork or [Regular Windows Edition](http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?opsys=Windows&lng=en&platform=Windows). Or any of [many other editions or languages](http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?opsys=Windows&lng=en&platform=Windows). Try it if for no other reason than it comes loaded with _ **The Straight Dope** _ in the bookmarks! ---
**Author:** ![Measure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bork-msn/155249/2 "2003-02-15T11:31:46Z")
That’s how I discovered The Straight Dope! ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bork-msn/155249/3 "2003-02-15T11:58:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Measure \* > \*\*That’s how I discovered The Straight Dope! \*\* Welcome! Have an I’mMeasureBeGood experience. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bork-msn/155249/4 "2003-02-15T12:55:40Z")
Hey! It does! Neat. Yet another reason to love Opera-ley goodness. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bork-msn/155249/5 "2003-02-15T15:46:06Z")
I really really wish they’d port v7 to Linux, already.