 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Who cares It doesn't mean anything it doesn't mean that that many people use FireFox. hell I don't even use FF much and just for FF 3 I've downloaded betas 1-5, RC1 and the final that's 7 downlaods just from me. Not to mention I've download FF1 and FF2 and some of those betas. So me, just ONE person, and basically a non-FF user, is responsible for over a dozen downloads. |
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 viperpa33sWhy Me?Premium
join:2002-12-20
Bradenton, FL | said by BF69:It doesn't mean anything it doesn't mean that that many people use FireFox. hell I don't even use FF much and just for FF 3 I've downloaded betas 1-5, RC1 and the final that's 7 downlaods just from me. Not to mention I've download FF1 and FF2 and some of those betas. So me, just ONE person, and basically a non-FF user, is responsible for over a dozen downloads. You can say the same thing about IE. Microsoft can say there is a 10 million IE apps installed but how many people actually use it? Even if you say 1 million Firefox downloads are repetitive installs, 7 million + downloads is still quite a feat for 1 day. |
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 R4M0NBrazilian Soccer Ownz Joo
join:2000-10-04
Glen Allen, VA
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said by BF69:It doesn't mean anything it doesn't mean that that many people use FireFox. hell I don't even use FF much and just for FF 3 I've downloaded betas 1-5, RC1 and the final that's 7 downlaods just from me. Not to mention I've download FF1 and FF2 and some of those betas. So me, just ONE person, and basically a non-FF user, is responsible for over a dozen downloads. The record only counted unique IP addresses on the first 24 hours of the launch + a cookie validation system. Your Betas 1-5, RC-1 and all the other downloads you ever made in your life never even made into the unofficial count, let alone the final tally.
Do you really think Guinness just hands out records to any joe schmo who comes to them with a number?
What it actually means is that all the people in my office using FF3 only counted as 1 download since we are all behind NAT. Take that into account an the "real world" record could have been even higher. |
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| said by R4M0N:said by BF69:It doesn't mean anything it doesn't mean that that many people use FireFox. hell I don't even use FF much and just for FF 3 I've downloaded betas 1-5, RC1 and the final that's 7 downlaods just from me. Not to mention I've download FF1 and FF2 and some of those betas. So me, just ONE person, and basically a non-FF user, is responsible for over a dozen downloads. The record only counted unique IP addresses on the first 24 hours of the launch + a cookie validation system. Your Betas 1-5, RC-1 and all the other downloads you ever made in your life never even made into the unofficial count, let alone the final tally. Do you really think Guinness just hands out records to any joe schmo who comes to them with a number? What it actually means is that all the people in my office using FF3 only counted as 1 download since we are all behind NAT. Take that into account an the "real world" record could have been even higher. QFE. This poster is 100% correct. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to R4M0N
said by R4M0N:said by BF69:It doesn't mean anything it doesn't mean that that many people use FireFox. hell I don't even use FF much and just for FF 3 I've downloaded betas 1-5, RC1 and the final that's 7 downlaods just from me. Not to mention I've download FF1 and FF2 and some of those betas. So me, just ONE person, and basically a non-FF user, is responsible for over a dozen downloads. The record only counted unique IP addresses on the first 24 hours of the launch + a cookie validation system. Your Betas 1-5, RC-1 and all the other downloads you ever made in your life never even made into the unofficial count, let alone the final tally. Do you really think Guinness just hands out records to any joe schmo who comes to them with a number? What it actually means is that all the people in my office using FF3 only counted as 1 download since we are all behind NAT. Take that into account an the "real world" record could have been even higher. I'm talking about the 29 million number, idiot. As far as different IP? So my IP changes every so often and I've had difference ISP at different points over the years. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by viperpa33s:said by BF69:It doesn't mean anything it doesn't mean that that many people use FireFox. hell I don't even use FF much and just for FF 3 I've downloaded betas 1-5, RC1 and the final that's 7 downlaods just from me. Not to mention I've download FF1 and FF2 and some of those betas. So me, just ONE person, and basically a non-FF user, is responsible for over a dozen downloads. You can say the same thing about IE. Microsoft can say there is a 10 million IE apps installed but how many people actually use it? Even if you say 1 million Firefox downloads are repetitive installs, 7 million + downloads is still quite a feat for 1 day. This article isn't about IE it's about FF. Why is it every time someone says something about FF the fanbois get all defensive and say "well IE this and IE that"? Maybe I use Opera or some other browser? WTF does IE have to do with this article? Stay on topic. |
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said by BF69:said by R4M0N:said by BF69:It doesn't mean anything it doesn't mean that that many people use FireFox. hell I don't even use FF much and just for FF 3 I've downloaded betas 1-5, RC1 and the final that's 7 downlaods just from me. Not to mention I've download FF1 and FF2 and some of those betas. So me, just ONE person, and basically a non-FF user, is responsible for over a dozen downloads. The record only counted unique IP addresses on the first 24 hours of the launch + a cookie validation system. Your Betas 1-5, RC-1 and all the other downloads you ever made in your life never even made into the unofficial count, let alone the final tally. Do you really think Guinness just hands out records to any joe schmo who comes to them with a number? What it actually means is that all the people in my office using FF3 only counted as 1 download since we are all behind NAT. Take that into account an the "real world" record could have been even higher. I'm talking about the 29 million number, idiot. As far as different IP? So my IP changes every so often and I've had difference ISP at different points over the years. And he's talking about the 8+ million number, which you seem to disregard entirely, and was the main point of the article. I doubt many people's IP addresses and ISPs changed in a 24-hour period and then they decided to download FF3 again a second time after the change. Why do you feel the need to discredit a Mozilla and Firefox achievement so fervently? And calling someone an idiot so casually? 10 points for the internet tough guy I guess. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by winterforge:And he's talking about the 8+ million number, which you seem to disregard entirely, and was the main point of the article. I doubt many people's IP addresses and ISPs changed in a 24-hour period and then they decided to download FF3 again a second time after the change. Why do you feel the need to discredit a Mozilla and Firefox achievement so fervently? And calling someone an idiot so casually? 10 points for the internet tough guy I guess. Once again who cares. yes I was one of the 8 million and I don't use FF. So I can 100% guarantee that not all 8 million use FF.
As far as it being a record? Once again who cares? What does that achieve? Shouldn't the goal be to get as many peole to switch to FF instead of seeing if you can win a internet version of a Jr High dick measuring contest?
he's an idiot because he said
"Your Betas 1-5, RC-1 and all the other downloads you ever made in your life never even made into the unofficial count, let alone the final tally."
I think anyone who is not an idiot could tell by my post I was refering to the 29 milion not the 8 milion. If I was refering to the 8 million why would I even mention the other versions of FF? That's not logical. So since that wouldn't be logical the LOGICAL conclusion one can draw is that I was talking about the 29 million. And that 29 million DOES in fact count the dozen or so downloads of FF I have done. |
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viperpa33sWhy Me?Premium
join:2002-12-20
Bradenton, FL | reply to BF69
said by BF69:said by viperpa33s:said by BF69:It doesn't mean anything it doesn't mean that that many people use FireFox. hell I don't even use FF much and just for FF 3 I've downloaded betas 1-5, RC1 and the final that's 7 downlaods just from me. Not to mention I've download FF1 and FF2 and some of those betas. So me, just ONE person, and basically a non-FF user, is responsible for over a dozen downloads. You can say the same thing about IE. Microsoft can say there is a 10 million IE apps installed but how many people actually use it? Even if you say 1 million Firefox downloads are repetitive installs, 7 million + downloads is still quite a feat for 1 day. This article isn't about IE it's about FF. Why is it every time someone says something about FF the fanbois get all defensive and say "well IE this and IE that"? Maybe I use Opera or some other browser? WTF does IE have to do with this article? Stay on topic. Did we wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? I wasn't trying to criticize or compare anything. 
All I meant was is that you can't really get a accurate count whether it's IE or Firfox because of other factors. I wasn't trying to defend either one of them.  |
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 AdamB
join:2001-01-07
Columbus, OH | reply to BF69
Well seeing how this was FF3 in 24 hours, your figures are irrelevant. In two weeks since it is over 20 million downloads. I think people care. |
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AdamB
join:2001-01-07
Columbus, OH | reply to BF69
Who the fuck shit in your cereal this morning or every morning for that matter? Or do you just hate the world? All your posts are blatant trolling. Find a hobby. |
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 sivranBack to Opera againPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
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I interpreted it as 30 million downloads.. of Firefox 3.
I think the number would be much higher if they included all downloads, all the way back to 1.0, even excluding betas.
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 hpguruCurb Your DogmaPremium
join:2002-04-12 | reply to BF69
I'll bet porn, spyware and other sites catering to fleeting or prurient interests routinely log much greater numbers of downloads. |
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Go rub one off to IE already. Why do you feel so threatened by FF? |
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