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Firefox Downloads Reach 75 Million

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the look-out-mcdonalds dept.

WindozeSux writes "Today Mozilla Firefox has reached its 75 millionth download. The Mozilla staff find this a morale booster since recent security vulnerabilities have slightly lowered the browser's growth rate. 'We're beefing up the management on the project. The project is still very healthy. We're seeing continued corporate interest and have a lot of large organizations that want to do deployments,' said Chris Hoffman."

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  1. About that... by Rie+Beam · · Score: 3, Funny
    The Mozilla staff find this a morale booster since recent security vulnerabilities have slightly lowered the browser's growth rate.
    ...about that...Seventy-four million of those were me - you see, I've got AOL, and it has a tendency to disconnect me mid-download, so a lot of that was probably me trying to get a full copy. But hey! There's always next month.
  2. Promoters by KiloByte · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't worry.
    With a huge corporation doing everything they can to support Firefox, how can it fail?
    The day MS changes its tactics I may start to worry.

    --
    The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
  3. Stupid Firefox fanboy! by Winckle · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm trying to look at your screenshot, but IE6 doesn't even say there's a picture there, what the fuck is png, everyone knows pictures are .jpg!

  4. Re:It's a big number. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    The number is big, and still increasing.


    Well, I for one would be really surprised if it started declining.
  5. Re:The competition isn't coming. by Netsensei · · Score: 3, Funny

    Am I the only one that notices the difference between the IE7 'home' button and the one from FF? Examine it closely, the only 'real' differences are the makeshift chimney and the absence of windows. I - for one - wouldn't trust a home with no windows and a chimney. This is especially disturbing for the elderly!

    In conclusion: IE7 makes you go bald and infertile. Your wife *will* leave you and your cat will most likely vomit on your keyboard. (can I have a cookie now?)

  6. Here's how to make it accurate... by wbren · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Firefox team should just use the Windows Genuine Advantage© Program to validate users, allowing one download per licensed machine. That way, only Javascript hackers will be able to fudge the download numbers. Simple. I should be a marketing exec.

    --
    -William Brendel
  7. Re:Can Firefox be marketed? by shobadobs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thanks, because I was really worried! I can rest easy now.

  8. Re:The competition isn't coming. by goldspider · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Because IE7 is a rubbish. Before you mod this flamebait,"

    Yeah, because around these parts, you need to choose your words carefully when criticizing Microsoft.

    --
    "Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
  9. Okay then by Coppit · · Score: 3, Funny
    I guess I can kill this process...

    #!/bin/sh

    while true; do
    curl -L 'http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-1.0. 6&os=osx&lang=en-US' > /dev/null;
    done

  10. In related news.... by 3vi1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    In related news: IE reaches 75 million security patches.

  11. Here comes the beef by Medievalist · · Score: 3, Funny
    "We're beefing up the management on the project" said Chris Hoffman.
    And that ALWAYS helps a software project.