Today marks the official release of the version 3.0 for the Firefox browser. But what does that mean for a product that has been designed, written and tested in public? There’s no surprise about what it does; that’s been clear for months. And you could get a nearly complete version of the software for the last several weeks.Today’s release is really a marketing event to spread the word about Firefox, which currently has 18 percent of the browser market. And so the Mozilla Foundation, which owns Firefox, has concocted an affable stunt: It wants Firefox 3 to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the most software downloads in a 24 hour period. (The counting starts at 10 a.m. Pacific Time and is being coordinated here.) http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/stunts-today-for-firefox-sophisticated-programs-tomorrow/Firefox aims for download record
Version 3 of the popular Firefox web browser is going on general release on 17 June.Wide take-up of the new version would further boost the market share of the browser which is currently used by about 15% of net users.With the release, Firefox developer Mozilla is attempting to set a record for the most downloads over 24 hours.”It’s a global effort to make history,” said Paul Kim, head of marketing at Mozilla.
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