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Opera Software is represented in the TR100 group
OSLO, Norway, 04 November 1999 -- Opera Software's Håkon Wium Lie has been chosen to be on Technology Review's list of hundred exceptional
entrepreneurs and young visionaries most likely to make significant technological contributions in the next century. The group, called 'TR100', was selected by a distinguished panel of judges, and the list of names was announced in a ceremony at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston today.
Lie is best known for proposing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in 1994. CSS is a technology that improves esthetics and performance of Web pages, while also making content accessible to non-visual users. "We are proud on Hakon's behalf" said Opera's CEO, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner. "His work on CSS has changed the face of the Web and the recognition shows that technological innovation indeed can take place far from Silicon Valley and Redmond." The Nordic countries are also represented in the TR100 group by Linus Torvalds of Finland, known for his work on the Linux operating system.
The panel of judges includes Nicholas Negroponte (Director, MIT Media Laboratory), Robert Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet, founder of 3Com), Kim Polese (President, CEO & founder of Marimba Inc.), John Doerr (venture capitalist, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) and David Baltimore (President, California Institute of Technology, Nobel Laureate 1975). The judges concentrated on candidates in the areas of biotechnology, information technology, and chemistry/materials science. All candidates are under the age of 35.
Technology Review is the world's oldest technology magazine. It focuses on innovation -- the process by which humanity continuously upgrades its tools and techniques. In a statement, the magazine said:
"If we had drawn up the TR100 list a century ago it might have included names like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell and Marie Curie."
Håkon Wium Lie is currently Chief Technology Officer at Opera Software, creators of the Opera browser known for its small size and high speed. Lie's role is to ensure that innovative features are added to the browser while being more standards-compliant than the competitors. He is uniquely qualified for this position having worked for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C, the organization coordinating the Web's technical development) since its start. At W3C, Lie was responsible for the development of style sheets, a technology to improve esthetics and performance on the Web. Lie first proposed CSS
in 1994 while at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics and birthplace of the Web. Before the Web, Lie worked at Telenor Research and at the MIT Media Laboratory, which awarded him an M.S. in visual studies in 1991.
Opera Software AS is a privately held software developer, based in Oslo, Norway. Its Web browser has since the launch in June 1996, received international recognition from users and the press for its speed, small footprint, low resource requirements and flexibility. Opera currently runs on Windows, but will soon be available on other platforms, including Linux, MacOS, BeOS and EPOC.
To find more information about TR100: http://www.techreview.com
To find more information about Opera: http://www.opera.com
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