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Comments: 1 +-   Firefox Goes for World Download Record-> on Wednesday May 28 2008, @06:19PM Kelson

Submitted by Kelson on Wednesday May 28 2008, @06:19PM
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Kelson writes "For the upcoming release of Firefox 3, 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."
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  • Well, this is obviously a publicity stunt.

    That's not necessarily a bad thing. If you can get the commercial media to pick up on something like this "world record" you can obviously gain a lot of publicity.

    That said, the actual "world record" is a bit silly, considering it's just bits on a wire.

    But it could also go a long way toward giving FireFox the notoriety it needs with the few remaining "IE-only" developers that I've run into recently.
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