New FireFox Browser Released

The new FireFox 3.0 Internet browser entered the stage as a new release today (June 17, 2008). FireFox is trying to set a world record for most downloaded software during the day.

About FireFox from Wikipedia:

“Forbes.com called Firefox the best browser in a 2004 commentary piece. PC World named Firefox “Product of the Year” in 2005 on their “100 Best Products of 2005″ list. After the release of Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 in 2006, PC World reviewed both and declared that Firefox was the better browser. Which? Magazine named Firefox its “Best Buy” web browser.”

“…Microsoft’s head of Australian operations, Steve Vamos, stated in late 2004 that he did not see Firefox as a threat and that there was not significant demand for the feature set of Firefox among Microsoft’s users. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has used Firefox, but he has commented “so much software gets downloaded all the time, but do people actually use it?”"

“…A Microsoft SEC filing on June 30, 2005 acknowledged that “competitors such as Mozilla offer software that competes with the Internet Explorer Web browsing capabilities of our Windows operating system products.” The release of Internet Explorer 7 was fast tracked, and included functionality that was previously available in Firefox and other browsers, such as tabbed browsing and RSS feeds.”

“…In October 2006, as congratulations for a successful ship of Firefox 2, the Internet Explorer 7 development team sent a cake to Mozilla. As a nod to the browser wars, some readers joked about the cake being poisoned, while others jokingly suggested that Mozilla send a cake back along with the recipe, in reference to the open-source software movement.”

Mozilla Firefox. (2008, June 18). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 04:25, June 18, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mozilla_Firefox&oldid=220073304

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