nsane.forums Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 It seems Microsoft isn't exactly bowled over by Mozilla's claim of one billion Firefox downloads.Most of you were pretty pleased to hear that Mozilla had reached one billion downloads. Given that a lot of you use the browser, you were happy to hear you played a small role in something so huge for the company. However, it seems Microsoft isn't exactly convinced of Mozilla's achievement. According to The Guardian, Amy Barzdukas, a general manager at Microsoft in charge of the company's Internet Explorer browser, said that Mozilla's recent milestone announcement made for "interesting math.""It's an interesting number and I have not seen the math [but] how many internet connected users are there? 1.1 billion, 1.5 billion, something in that area," Barzdukas said.Mozilla's one billion figure includes every update and all downloads since Firefox's 2004 launch. Do you think Mozilla is correct in its claim? View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I think they are right.Most people use Mozilla along with IE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 17, 2009 Administrator Share Posted August 17, 2009 Nope. Even when I support FF so much, I think there is something wrong in the math. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 on second thought ur rite...i billion is just too much i mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 The point of 1 billion downloads is not to say that there are 1 billion FF user, but to show that there is significant demand and dedicated users. Microsoft is just whining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Every time there's an update, all previous users who'd already downloaded Firefox are re-downloading... that is being counted in the one billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I believe it can be true. The claim that there are 1.1 billion internet users is irrelevant, because out of those hundreds of millions users many have downloaded the program several times and updated several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 The point of 1 billion downloads is not to say that there are 1 billion FF user, but to show that there is significant demand and dedicated users. Microsoft is just whining.agreethey should just stop bitchin'....Firefox > IE...end of story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinite_Vision Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Every time there's an update, all previous users who'd already downloaded Firefox are re-downloading... that is being counted in the one billion.You sir are correct. You don't need a billion subscribers to get that figure. All we have to ask is when was Firefox introduced? How many times did people download from each version? Then you can come to a conclusion that the figure is correct. We are currently at version 3.5.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 22, 2009 Administrator Share Posted August 22, 2009 Let make it like this. MS should not give IE bundled with Windows. If that happens then FF will have same or more no. of downloads and IE would just have 1 download in whole world, considerin Rock Lee :hehe: . I feel even the MS staff to Bill Gates would be usin FF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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