In the latest act of their Wagnerian cycle of malfunction and recrimination, Norse browser company Opera and Microsoft are feuding over a glitch that prevents what Opera estimates to be approximately 30 percent of its users from accessing Microsoft's MSN portal.
The glitch causes some Opera surfers trying to visit MSN to encounter a server error that says busy traffic is preventing them from accessing the site. Opera users have taken to the browser company's message boards, scratching their heads over the apparent MSN lockout, speculating on its connection to prior Opera-MSN problems and pointing out other problems associated with accessing Microsoft's Xbox gaming Web site.
Microsoft denied categorically that it was intentionally shutting out Opera users. And Opera executives who have examined the problem have acknowledged that although the vast majority of affected Web surfers use Opera, the MSN problem in some cases can also stymie users of Microsoft's own Internet Explorer browser.
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