Comments on: Firefox downloaded 75 million times

The open-source Mozilla Foundation project expands staff and tricks out its mobile browser amid download milestones.

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Yawn

Who really cares how many time FireFox has been "downloaded"? Install base is far more important than # of downloads. Oh well, I think tomorrow we will see news like "FireFox has been downloaded for 75 million and 1 time" :)

[Scott W]

install base

it's worth noting that many of those who download the fox install it and use it over IE.

[GordonBarnard]

Agree Userbase is a far better measure ...

As I must have downloaded each of the fixes ( and a couple of the beta's ) ... so does that count as 8 odd downloads ?

And as much as I like firefox, I'm sure that there must be a percentage of users that downloaded and didn't find it to there liking.

[Andrew J Glina]

OSS

What I dislike about the whole OSS thing is often you have hundreds or even thousands of contributers who help in their free time, and you have a lucky few (40 in this case) who get paid to do the same job. Then you have companies like IBM that make even more money for doing even less. Seems like exploitation to me.

[Scott W]

the mozilla foundation

you do know that firefox is about 5 million lines of code right? the mozilla foundation have been working their arses off on firefox. the irony with your arguement is that MS do even less the OSS developers and IBM and still earn more than all of them put together.

Participating in OSS

Nobody is holding a gun to their head. If the people who are participating in the development have an issue with not getting paid, they just won't do it anymore.

Some people just want the opportunity of working on something. Not everything is about $$.

[Eggs Ackley]

Still don't get it

Amazing how we still get posts like that from people who have no insight or concept of what motivates members of the F/L/OSS community (which varies widely).

[Andrew J Glina]

I understand...... I think

I think that it is great that people who have enough money put their free time to good use for the good of the whole world.

But that was not my point. Since it was missed I will just take it on the chin and go back to making a living..... I think.

Woot!

I loves me some Firefox.