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Jun 17 2008   1:36PM GMT

Overheard: Is Firefox 3 really ready for prime time?



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Open source, Firefox, Linux
firefox-3.jpg It’s clearly come a long way, but with all the download hype, is Mozilla pushing out a not-quite solid product just for a publicity stunt?

Fahmida Y. Rashid, Firefox 3 on Linux: Questions about Stability

Today is Download Day 2008 for Firefox 3. Mozilla is attempting to set a Guinness Book of World Records for the largest number of software downloads within a 24-hour period. I sort of want to join in the fun - but I just can’t risk it today — too many fires already.

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Larren4now  |   Jun 18 2008   3:54PM GMT

I fail to see how downloading a piece of software can add to ‘already existing fires’.


 

MargaretRouse  |   Jun 18 2008   4:33PM GMT

What I was trying to say was that I already had enough things going wrong yesterday to risk an upgrade — and having it cause some kind of unanticipated issue that I’d have to stop and deal with. Today is a quieter day.