The world’s second most used Web browser is set to unleash the final build of its new version on Tuesday. Firefox 2.0, from the not for profit open source Mozilla Foundation, will be available for download from the Firefox website at getfirefox.com
Firefox reaches 2 million downloads in 24 hours :
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2006/10/firefox_2_milli.html
Mozilla recently posted that just 24 hours after releasing Firefox 2.0 (reported by Neowin here) to the public on 24th October, 2 million people downloaded it - that is 30 downloads a second. To compare this figure with Microsoft’s IE7 release of only half a million downloads in the first 24 hours, it becomes clear there is a active community that follows Mozilla and anticipates new versions.
Looking back on previous Firefox milestone releases:
Firefox 1.0: 1 million downloads in the first 24 hours.
Firefox 1.5: 1.5 million downloads in the first 24 hours
Firefox 2: 2 million (actually slightly more) people using Firefox 2 in the first 24 hours.
“Maybe we should jump straight to Firefox 10 and see if we get 10 million users in the first 24 hours.”