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We did it!

28 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/we-did-it.92004/

Faun
Faun Original post #1
Jul 3, 2008 at 7:16 AM
*spreadfirefox.com/sites/all/themes/spreadfirefox_RCS/images/download-day/email/en-US/email_header.jpg

We did it!
We set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. With your help we reached 8,002,530 downloads.
You are now part of a World Record and the proud owner of the best version of Firefox yet!
Don't forget to download your very own certificate for helping set a Guinness World Record.

just got the mail :)
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ThinkFree #3
Jul 3, 2008 at 7:30 AM
Great
MetalheadGautham
MetalheadGautham #4
Jul 3, 2008 at 7:31 AM
looking at this I thought India defeated Pakistan in the finals :p
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apoorva84 #5
Jul 3, 2008 at 8:11 AM
cool...
The_Devil_Himself
The_Devil_Himself #7
Jul 3, 2008 at 8:29 AM
OMG!
I seriously thought India finally beat China in the population front and became the most populated nation.lolol.
t159:better titles man!
Faun
Faun #8
Jul 3, 2008 at 8:45 AM
^^i just copy pasted as it was in mail...oh oh
redhat
redhat #9
Jul 3, 2008 at 9:09 AM
I too recieved the mail...
But are we all the downloaders getting an actual guiness certificate proving we took part in the making of a record?? or is it just the mozilla cert.??

in any case.. this is great!!:) loved to be a part of it
utsav
utsav #10
Jul 3, 2008 at 9:36 AM
Old news. I saw this on their site on 21st and they were offering download day certificates too in pdf to evry1
kumarmohit
kumarmohit #11
Jul 3, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Naturally it will be Mozilla only, Plus this is a certi from Mozilla, not GBWR.. GBWR ppl wud have to print telephone directories for this purpose.
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FilledVoid #12
Jul 3, 2008 at 11:13 AM
Nice, I received the email also . :)
Pathik
Pathik #13
Jul 3, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Me too.
remrow
remrow #15
Jul 3, 2008 at 11:56 AM
:? Is that by india or by whole world?
skippednote
skippednote #16
Jul 3, 2008 at 11:59 AM
but i didn't download it..............................
Ankur Gupta
Ankur Gupta #17
Jul 3, 2008 at 12:27 PM
@remrow
You really think we even have 8 million internet users in India?:rolleyes:
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Hitboxx #18
Jul 3, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Good good :)
goobimama
goobimama #21
Jul 3, 2008 at 3:44 PM
@Most Wanted: I take it you aren't familiar with out Insomniacs thread...

Anyway, me too got the email. Was nice of Mozilla to take such a strong initiative. And kudos to the team for actually eating into the IE market share.
hullap
hullap #22
Jul 3, 2008 at 7:55 PM
goobimama said:
Anyway, me too got the email. Was nice of Mozilla to take such a strong initiative. And kudos to the team for actually eating into the IE market share.
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yea.... +1
Most Wanted
Most Wanted #23
Jul 3, 2008 at 8:24 PM
goobimama said:
@Most Wanted: I take it you aren't familiar with out Insomniacs thread...

Anyway, me too got the email. Was nice of Mozilla to take such a strong initiative. And kudos to the team for actually eating into the IE market share.
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++1
casanova
casanova #24
Jul 3, 2008 at 9:16 PM
Yeh, came to know about it in the morning. Wow, a guiness record holder
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coolbuddy #25
Jul 6, 2008 at 7:59 AM
ohhhhhhhh.......
Sumeet_naik
Sumeet_naik #26
Jul 6, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Oh.. A record.. I thought something else.
Faun
Faun #27
Jul 6, 2008 at 2:48 PM
^^your siggy lacks intensity
THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAA.....
Sumeet_naik
Sumeet_naik #28
Jul 6, 2008 at 10:31 PM
T159 said:
^^your siggy lacks intensity
THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAA.....
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I'll take tat into consideration, its gonna be better than dis one wen i'm done wit exams..