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Firefox Goes for World Download Record

Posted by samzenpus on from the record-for-the-lamest-marketing-campaign dept.

Kelson writes "For the upcoming release of Firefox, Mozilla is preparing Download Day 2008: a campaign to set a world record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. Participants are asked to pledge to download Firefox 3 on the day that it's launched. The exact date hasn't been scheduled yet, but everything seems on track for June."

9 of 344 comments (clear)

  1. Perhaps not the cleverest plan... by Apatharch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are they trying to kill their own servers or what?

    1. Re:Perhaps not the cleverest plan... by darkpixel2k · · Score: 4, Funny

      and testing their server capacity.

      while /bin/true; do wget -c http://download.mozilla.com/whatever/firefox-3.0.0-is-awesome.tar.gz; done

      Well--I'm ready to help them meet their goal. ;)

      --
      There's no place like ::1 (I've completed my transition to IPv6)
  2. Re:Patch Tuesday by Crock23A · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet WOW patches are high ranking.

  3. So guys... by thedrx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get your botnets ready :)

  4. Yeah! by SpanishInquisition0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Go for the record Mozilla! If you get it, you might even get a place right next to the Most Marshmallows Stuffed Into A Person's Mouth record!

  5. Re:Patch Tuesday by EvilRyry · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but people _need_ to download the WoW patches as soon as they come out to continue to feed their addictive whereas Windows users are usually (or should be) scared to download the newest service pack when it first comes out.

  6. 100% turn out from north Korea by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look, all 18 computer uses have pledged.

  7. Make a big circle with a big marker. by BForrester · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm marking "Download Day" on my calendar right now.

    I have a big circle around 2008, and a thin one around 2009 too, just in case the news gets any more vague.

  8. Re:Patch Tuesday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Zero words: