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Firefox Breaks 25 Million Downloads

Posted by Zonk on from the thats-a-lot-of-firefoxen dept.

certron wrote to alert us that earlier this week, Mozilla passed the milestone of 25 million downloads. From the official site: "With a minimal set of tools--an affiliate system, a small donations fundraising system, blogs, galleries, forums, and the good old human larynx--you all are spreading Firefox to a quarter of a million people a day. More than 500,000 sites now link to Firefox according to Google--a fivefold increase from six months ago. What was just a small flame 100 days ago has since exploded into a phenomenal demonstration of the power of open source. Tens of thousands of devoted users and fans are a powerful and capable force of change. We have created a special commemorative image if you would like to mark this milestone on your own site." Reader asa also wrote to mention an interview with Bill Gates from this week where the mogul was asked directly what he thought of Firefox.

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  1. Update! by RobertTaylor · · Score: 5, Funny

    25,241,830 and counting to be precise ;)

  2. Refresh button by madaxe42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn, knew I'd pressed it a few times too many on getfirefox.com

  3. Firefox *breaks* downloads? by thiophene · · Score: 5, Funny

    I read that the wrong way.

  4. FireFox and IE have something in common... by bigtallmofo · · Score: 4, Funny

    "FireFox Breaks 25 Million Downloads"

    and

    "Internet Explorer Breaks 25 Million Computers"

    Of course, this is just a low estimate on both.

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  5. Hahaha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    GATES: No, in fact that's one thing I like about the Microsoft culture -- is that we wake up every day thinking about companies like Wang...
    So what you're telling me is the first thing on his mind every morning is wang? Interesting.
  6. Someone please stop the download bots!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, Firefox fans, you can stop the auto-download bots now you've made your point !!

  7. This was too much... by Obiwan+Kenobi · · Score: 4, Funny

    To paraphrase into hilarity:

    Bill Gates: "No, in fact that's one thing I like about the Microsoft culture -- is that we wake up every day thinking about ... Wang."

  8. Pimpzilla by RasendeRutje · · Score: 4, Funny

    Firefox is great, but only after installing Pimpzilla, my internet life is complete!
    http://people.zeelandnet.nl/marco/pimpzilla//

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  9. Commemorative Image scares me... by thepseudogenie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is a vectorized fox with flames shooting out of his ass burning the world to a crisp really the image we want for firefox...? I would say that image is apt for Micr... oh nevermind...

  10. Re:More = Better? by keiferb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot isn't complaint.

    You must be new here. The slashdot I know (and love) is one big pile of complaint. =)

  11. Re:BEFORE applying settings!!!!! by m50d · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be new here. We *like* killing servers.

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