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Microsoft Says IE9 Beta Demand Overwhelming

cgriffin21 writes "Microsoft expected Internet Explorer 9 to be popular, but after more than two million people downloaded the IE9 beta in the first two days after its release, the software giant is having a hard time choosing which eye-popping statistics to cite. Microsoft says its "Beauty of the Web" site, which illustrates the aesthetic advantages of IE9's support for HTML5 and hardware acceleration, has had more the 9 million visits and 26 million page views since the IE9 beta launch on Sept. 15. Microsoft's developer-oriented IE Test Drive Site has had 4 million page views during the same period."

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  1. Geez by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    U get one thing right and u won't shut up about it

    1. Re:Geez by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      lol u mad?

  2. Not suprising by Tolleman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone just had to see if they were actually doing a browser without the retarded gene.

  3. Early start by halcyon1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Two million malware distributors want an early start on the game...

  4. 26 Million views in 6 days... by gimmebeer · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... insert "must not be running on IIS..." joke here.

  5. Beauty of the web by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I can go on 4chan and view the full beauty of... oh god is that an anthropomorphic hermaphrodite squirrel orgy?!?

  6. Re:Good to see by jazman_777 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Absolutely. Someone needs to put the pressure on the near-monopoly that Firefox/Opera/Chrome/etc. has.

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  7. Not a schocker by _newwave_ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, 2 million+ web developers are very interested in how you are going to continue to make their lives a pain.