Thursday, June 19, 2008

Firefox 3: 8 million downloads in 24 hours...

Mozilla's Firefox 3 release event yesterday was an epic success. The servers logged over 8 million downloads during the 24-hour download day, and Mozilla has declared victory after exceeding its initial goal of 5 million downloads.

I was at the official launch party at Mozilla headquarters yesterday in Mountain View, where some revelers stayed all night to party and watch the download counter. During the event, Mozilla chairwoman Mitchell Baker's speech was broadcast live from Seoul, Korea over the Internet to all of Mozilla's offices. She reflected on the success of Firefox 3 and illuminated some of Mozilla's long-term goals. 

"Today reflects so many great things about Mozilla," she said. The download day is the collaborative achievement of "millions of people on a global basis doing things that everyone thought was impossible." Mozilla is all about "keeping and building an Internet that is open and participatory, where individuals have control." More...

See also: Firefox aims for download record...

And this: Firefox makes big gains in Europe and Oceania...

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