by June 18 FireFox announced the following :
"Thanks to the support of the always amazing Mozilla community, we got more than 8 million Firefox 3 downloads in 24 hours. That’s more Firefox downloads than we’ve ever had in a single day -- an impressive feat indeed!.
Please be patient while the good people of Guinness review our World Record attempt. This might take a few days so please check back here. And, a huge thanks for all of your support!"
On June 19 (DAY THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN) 12,849,152 copies of Firefox 3 were already distributed by Mozilla servers.
FACTS ABOUT FIREFOX DOWNLOAD DAY
# In 5 hours, Firefox 3 beat its predecessor's first day download count
# Supporters try to set a world record for most software downloads in a 24-hour period
# Guinness World Records must certify it, a process that could take a week or longer
# Release was delayed as visitors checking for the update overloaded Firefox's servers
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