A Few Firefox 3 Followups

An anonymous reader writes "Using data generated by the Mozilla Firefox download pledge page, the map on this blog post ranks countries, not by absolute number of pledges made, but rather on a per capita basis. This analysis yields some interesting conclusions about where open source is strongest and weakest." Anonymous Warthog writes "That didn't take long. In a blog posting from the TippingPoint DVLabs security team (of Kraken and CanSecWest hacking contest fame), they confirmed that they reported a vulnerability in Firefox 3.0 to Mozilla a mere five hours after it was released. Additionally, there was a posting on the Full Disclosure security mailing list from someone that purports to have another vulnerability in the works as well. In the grand scheme of things, this probably means nothing to the general security of Firefox, but you can be sure the browser zealots on all sides will be watching carefully." Finally, from reader Toreo asesino: "Microsoft have congratulated the Mozilla team by sending them their second cake (minus recipe) to Mozilla's Mountain View headquarters to congratulate them on shipping FireFox 3, which went live right on time last night." Congratulations are indeed due on both the browser and the release process — looks like the Firefox fever (despite some seriously taxed servers) resulted in more than 8 million downloads in 24 hours.

True Lies?

[freenix]

THE CAKE IS A LIE [urbandictionary.com].

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The cake

[I kan Spl]

"The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. "

I guess the cake is a lie ?

Re:Is it finally safe to download?

[evilviper]

it's interesting to see how high Firefox penetration is in Eastern Europe. I wonder if that's a function of very connected economies without a lot of love for Microsoft and a strong desire for free software?

I wouldn't be surprised if it's both directly and indirectly fueled by the far superior native language support included in Moz.

Way back when Mozilla was still early milestones, I directed a Russia exchange student to try it, when IE wouldn't allow the proper entry of Russian characters for a URL.

No doubt he went back home, spread the word about Mozilla, and is single-handedly responsible for the popularity of Firefox across Eastern Europe... *cough*

Wow, that's a strange map

[Anonymous Coward]

I managed to get connected; but the map is kinda boring; just black on white.

Strangely, it also looks exactly like the letters "Error establishing a database connection".

No recipe...

[rocjoe71]

Microsoft have congratulated the Mozilla team by sending them their second cake (minus recipe)...

Well of course there was no recipe-- that cake was a proprietary, closed-source dessert.

Re:No recipe...

[Anonymous Coward]

Microsoft have congratulated the Mozilla team by sending them their second cake (minus recipe)...

Well of course there was no recipe-- that cake was a proprietary, closed-source dessert.

...and possibly full of bugs!

All your Cake...

[AllIGotWasThisNick]

It was also revealed today that Mozillians keep the IE logo piece frozen since then!

Looks like Mozilla can have IE's cake, and eat it too!

Re:MS Cakes

[TaoPhoenix]

Nah. Classic Microsoft.

They set DefaultLogo OnCake to "Blue-E".

Re:I can't help but wonder

[dingen]

Obviously, the Firefox team wanted the servers to go down by all this. "Firefox Servers Down Because Of Massive Downloads" is a great headline to give the project more exposure. Getting in the news is what this whole action has been about from the start.

Re:Self-centered, even in kindness

[BlackSnake112]

They did. That is the cake the IE team received when they shipped IE 7. They just 're-gifted' the cake.

Re:Firefox is the most unstable prog in common use

[IntlHarvester]

And, since then, Safari for Windows came out.

Re:Foolish idea: Millions of downloads on the 1st

[Spy der Mann]

Should they have waited when there were no bugs?

Hmmmm...

"June 17, 2028. Firefox 2.9.948 released. Soon we'll go to 3.0 RC1!"

And why am I suddenly reminded of WINE?

Re:No recipe...

[Joe Jay Bee]

It was also a lie.

Re:Foolish idea: Millions of downloads on the 1st

[mangu]

It wasn't very smart to encourage millions of downloads when it was very likely there would be bugs.

Maybe they want to try to beat the download record again, when all those people come looking for the patches.

Re:No recipe...

[eh2o]

On the other hand, if one was to eat a Firefox cake, one would undoubtedly become bloated and fat after just a few bites, and finally fall to the floor, become catatonic and die. I'm not sure which fate is worse...

First..

[whereiswaldo]

First they ignore you.
Then they laugh at you.
Then they fight you.
Then they send you a cake.
Then you pay your ISP for 8 million downloads.
Then you profit???
What are we doing again?

Re:Self-centered, even in kindness

[AHuxley]

Its MS cake, so after you consume it, 2 ports will open and you will be ejecting data for days.

Re:Self-centered, even in kindness

[Z34107]

Why didn't you put a Firefox logo on the cake? That's the object of the celebration.

Somebody's even more humorless than Microsoft...

Is this the time to mention that the cake was a lie?

Re:Hi twitter

[freenix]

Where did that come from? You guys need to get a life.

Re:No recipe...

[tobiasly]

Microsoft have congratulated the Mozilla team by sending them their second cake (minus recipe)...

Well of course there was no recipe-- that cake was a proprietary, closed-source dessert.

Yes, thank you for explaining the joke to us, it was way too difficult to understand.

Re:Why is this considered a world record?

[FF0000 Phoenix]

And actually, Firefox's downloads is going to be one fewer, once I get this all straightened out. See, I accidentally downloaded two copies yesterday. Now, obviously I only need one, so the second one was clearly a mistake. It's never been opened, so I figure I should be able to return it once I find out who to talk to.

Re:Self-centered, even in kindness

[astrotek]

I believe they were trying to imply:

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Hence the IE logo. Its IE's cake but Mozilla is surely eating it.

Re:Hey timothy:

[iminplaya]

If it doesn't return, can we taser the people who put idle on the front page? Or at least block it?

Re:Self-centered, even in kindness

[charlieman]

First they ignore us,
Then they laught at us,
Then they send us cake,
Then we win!

Re:Is it finally safe to download?

[ProfessionalCookie]

That's weird, I downloaded it 7.5 million times with no problems at all ;)

Re:Self-centered, even in kindness

[Anonymous Coward]

Does this mean the cake was a lie?

Re:Awesomebar?

[felipekk]

I feel GREAT! I _LOVE_ the AWESOMEAWESOMEAWESOMEbar and I like Vista. Use it daily at home and at work and it is stable, secure and feels "snappy". I can't, for the life of me, understand how people DON'T like the awesomebar.

Re:Self-centered, even in kindness

[democrates]

Great example of crud re-use.

PS If the IE cake gives the Moz team indigestion, is that down to ACID compliance?

Re:Self-centered, even in kindness

[nicklott]

When you give someone a cake, it only makes sense to put the RECIPIENT's name on the cake.

Why? When you recieve a cake you know who the recipient is, you might not know who the sender is.

Microsoft cake...

[ArsenneLupin]

"Microsoft have congratulated the Mozilla team by sending them their second cake (minus recipe) to Mozilla's Mountain View headquarters to congratulate them on shipping FireFox 3, which went live right on time last night."

Well, even without the recipe, we can guess one key ingredient...

laxatives!

Re:Self-centered, even in kindness

[indifferent children]

In order to avoid being sued for trademark infringement.

Then they should have put an iceweasel on the cake.