Comments on: Mozilla Rallies the Troops for Firefox 3 http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-rallies-the-troops-for-firefox-3/ Technology News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tinhedhttp://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-rallies-the-troops-for-firefox-3/#comment-138533 Tinhed Fri, 30 May 2008 16:15:07 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12860#comment-138533 It would take quite a few days for the official FF3 to appear in the Ubuntu repository. It took days for RC 1 to appear. in fact i had to add few new lines in the apt source list to get it going. Too bad that linux users would have to wait for their respective repositories to get updated. I am planning to join the party by manually installing the tarball the moment it is released. It would take quite a few days for the official FF3 to appear in the Ubuntu repository. It took days for RC 1 to appear. in fact i had to add few new lines in the apt source list to get it going. Too bad that linux users would have to wait for their respective repositories to get updated. I am planning to join the party by manually installing the tarball the moment it is released.

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-rallies-the-troops-for-firefox-3/#comment-138508 Ryan Fri, 30 May 2008 02:45:40 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12860#comment-138508 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-138492" rel="nofollow">skh.pcola wrote:</a><blockquote>I like FF okay, but I still use Opera for 98% of my browsing needs. Question: How many downloads did M$ serve up when XP SP3 was released? Or SP1 or SP2? Seems somewhat dubious that 5 million downloads would set a record…</blockquote></div> I'm sure Microsoft would have the record right now if it already existed. If I recall when Microsoft released the first public Beta of Vista they capped it at a million downloads or so. I think it only took them a few hours to hit that mark.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-138501" rel="nofollow">Amak wrote:</a><blockquote>And M$ never applied for the record apparently:D</blockquote></div> Exactly! It's not a record until you make it one. skh.pcola wrote:
I like FF okay, but I still use Opera for 98% of my browsing needs. Question: How many downloads did M$ serve up when XP SP3 was released? Or SP1 or SP2? Seems somewhat dubious that 5 million downloads would set a record…

I’m sure Microsoft would have the record right now if it already existed. If I recall when Microsoft released the first public Beta of Vista they capped it at a million downloads or so. I think it only took them a few hours to hit that mark.

Amak wrote:
And M$ never applied for the record apparently:D

Exactly! It’s not a record until you make it one.

]]> By: Amakhttp://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-rallies-the-troops-for-firefox-3/#comment-138501 Amak Thu, 29 May 2008 23:30:45 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12860#comment-138501 And M$ never applied for the record apparently:DI'm going to do my part and inform all I can. Do what you can to overthrow the oppressive regime that is IE!! :P And M$ never applied for the record apparently:D

I’m going to do my part and inform all I can. Do what you can to overthrow the oppressive regime that is IE!! :P

]]> By: Ian Cammaratahttp://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-rallies-the-troops-for-firefox-3/#comment-138493 Ian Cammarata Thu, 29 May 2008 20:10:09 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12860#comment-138493 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-138492">skh.pcola wrote:</a><blockquote>I like FF okay, but I still use Opera for 98% of my browsing needs. Question: How many downloads did M$ serve up when XP SP3 was released? Or SP1 or SP2? Seems somewhat dubious that 5 million downloads would set a record…</blockquote></div> Yeah, but those kinds of things from MS are automatic updates, Mozilla is going for a record of deliberate downloads. As the article stated, using the built in updater on an older version of FF won't count towards their total. skh.pcola wrote:
I like FF okay, but I still use Opera for 98% of my browsing needs. Question: How many downloads did M$ serve up when XP SP3 was released? Or SP1 or SP2? Seems somewhat dubious that 5 million downloads would set a record…

Yeah, but those kinds of things from MS are automatic updates, Mozilla is going for a record of deliberate downloads. As the article stated, using the built in updater on an older version of FF won’t count towards their total.

]]> By: skh.pcolahttp://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-rallies-the-troops-for-firefox-3/#comment-138492 skh.pcola Thu, 29 May 2008 19:30:13 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12860#comment-138492 I like FF okay, but I still use Opera for 98% of my browsing needs. Question: How many downloads did M$ serve up when XP SP3 was released? Or SP1 or SP2? Seems somewhat dubious that 5 million downloads would set a record... I like FF okay, but I still use Opera for 98% of my browsing needs. Question: How many downloads did M$ serve up when XP SP3 was released? Or SP1 or SP2? Seems somewhat dubious that 5 million downloads would set a record…

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