Record breaking Firefox 3.0 downloads in 1 day
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If you haven’t already heard of Firefox/Mozilla, now is the time to start. Firefox is an internet browser (like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer) that has become the dominant browser of choice due to its security features, customization and reliability. Included are tab browsing, download managers, like bookmarking along with hundreds of downloadable 3rd party applications to make your browsing an enjoyable one.
The folks at Mozilla wanted to break a new record for number of downloads in a 24 hour period. They set their lofty goal at 5 million downloads and by the days end, they surpassed that goal with a total of 8.8 million downloads. Translation? That is roughly 5,500 downloads a minute. Rather impressive I must say. So impressive that their Microsoft counterparts decided to bake them a cake for their release (the phrase “the cake is a lie” comes from Valve’s video game Portal.
To read more about Mozilla and Firefox, hit ArsTechnica for the main story. To find out more about what Firefox is, visit their website or their wiki page.
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