# The Opera Incident

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opera-incident/166339>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 4, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opera-incident/166339 "2003-04-04T00:46:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opera-incident/166339/1 "2003-04-04T00:46:09Z")

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In [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174823) thread, **Meros** made mention of a past incident between the Opera internet browser and Microsoft’s homepage. Can anyone enlighten me as to what exactly happened?

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**Author:** ![prisoner6655321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@prisoner6655321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prisoner6655321)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opera-incident/166339/2 "2003-04-04T00:51:48Z")

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[Read all about it.](http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/02/14/)

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**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opera-incident/166339/3 "2003-04-04T01:08:15Z")

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Thanks **Prisoner**. If you really want to see the fun **Lord Ashtar** be sure to download their special “Bork” edition browser and point it to [MSN.com](http://MSN.com). It’s quite amusing.

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**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opera-incident/166339/4 "2003-04-04T01:11:21Z")

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:smack:

Stupid button happy trigger finger. I meant to add [this](http://my.opera.com/dev/discussion/openweb/20030206/) link to my last post. It provides a more thorough technical explanation of exactly what happened.

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**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opera-incident/166339/5 "2003-04-04T01:26:54Z")

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That’s funny, I read that same thread and tried to find something about the ‘Opera Incident’ but couldn’t, I’m glad you asked the question Lord Ashtar.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opera-incident/166339/6 "2003-04-05T03:23:07Z")

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Thanks all. One more reason why Bill Gates is an asshat.

Uh oh, I’m using IE 6.0! What if Bill sees what I just wrote?

I didn’t mean it, Mr. Gates. You are a visionary. I’m going to save time and just start refering to you as Your Majesty.

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**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opera-incident/166339/7 "2003-04-05T03:26:28Z")

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Well **Lord** You could always use Opera…that is provided you don’t frequent [MSN.com](http://MSN.com) 😃