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Mozilla sites die shortly after Download Day begins
Today is Firefox download day as reported earlier, and many of us have been eagerly waiting to not only grab the official Firefox 3.0 release but also help Mozilla break records. It seems, however, that record might have some difficulty being achieved – as the Get Firefox site is dead in the water as of this post. On top of that, the official Mozilla site is also dead, dying quietly with a “Service Unavailable” message. The sites died within minutes of Firefox 3 going live.
Perhaps the Mozilla team underestimated the demand this would generate. Perhaps it was also a bad idea for them to make the release public in the middle of the day. Sure, they have grabbed a huge audience – but what good is that audience if the servers are down? If you're able to grab it from a mirror, go for it. Otherwise it looks like we'll just have to wait for their servers to calm down.
Perhaps the Mozilla team underestimated the demand this would generate. Perhaps it was also a bad idea for them to make the release public in the middle of the day. Sure, they have grabbed a huge audience – but what good is that audience if the servers are down? If you're able to grab it from a mirror, go for it. Otherwise it looks like we'll just have to wait for their servers to calm down.
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Post a comment| nirkon on June 17, 2008 1:09 PM | Sorry for the language... but... they KNEW.. or at least HOPED that this many people try to download it and they probably did nothing or not even close enough to what was needed... Mozilla gets this month's dumba$$ award. edit: by the way, here's the alleged download link: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.0/win32/en-US/Firefox Setup 3.0.exe [Edited by nirkon on 2008-06-17 13:14:32]
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| Obi-Wan Jerkobi on June 17, 2008 1:27 PM | Originally posted by nirkon: Sorry for the language... but... they KNEW.. or at least HOPED that this many people try to download it and they probably did nothing or not even close enough to what was needed... lol "421 There are too many connected users. Please try later."
Mozilla gets this month's dumba$$ award. edit: by the way, here's the alleged download link: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.0/win32/en-US/Firefox Setup 3.0.exe [Edited by nirkon on 2008-06-17 13:14:32]
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| nirkon on June 17, 2008 1:30 PM | Originally posted by Obi-Wan Jerkobi: Originally posted by nirkon: what a surprise huh? XDSorry for the language... but... they KNEW.. or at least HOPED that this many people try to download it and they probably did nothing or not even close enough to what was needed... lol "421 There are too many connected users. Please try later." Mozilla gets this month's dumba$$ award. edit: by the way, here's the alleged download link: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.0/win32/en-US/Firefox Setup 3.0.exe [Edited by nirkon on 2008-06-17 13:14:32]
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| TheWalrus on June 17, 2008 1:32 PM | Mozilla Mirrors are still online: http://www.mozilla.org/mirrors.html I was able to download using a mirror.
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| Obi-Wan Jerkobi on June 17, 2008 1:46 PM | Originally posted by TheWalrus: Mozilla Mirrors are still online: Umm...http://www.mozilla.org/mirrors.html I was able to download using a mirror.
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| lordbf1 on June 17, 2008 1:53 PM | it's back up i just got firefox 3.
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| kitty500cat on June 17, 2008 2:16 PM | I'm currently downloading Firefox 3, but it's coming from http://kyoto-mz-dl.sinet.ad.jp/pub/mozilla.org//firefox/releases/3.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%203.0.exe
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| nirkon on June 17, 2008 2:21 PM | im downloading right now.. at 8-14KBPS
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| captaincranky on June 17, 2008 3:07 PM | I thought that this was to be the "street" version, not another release candidate (RC 3) ? or ! you make the call.
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| canadian on June 17, 2008 3:39 PM | The site is back up, and Obi-Wan.... Holy shit you have alot of icons..... Wow...
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| Obi-Wan Jerkobi on June 17, 2008 3:42 PM | Originally posted by canadian: The site is back up, and Obi-Wan.... Holy shit you have alot of icons..... Wow... Yeah, I know, instant access though whenever I'm using a browser though.
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| fullmetalvegan on June 17, 2008 4:09 PM | You also have Steam like three times on there? O.o
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| yukka on June 18, 2008 7:16 AM | i downloaded it last night via the world record attempt page. sent the link to people on my contacts list. the words "dead in the water" are a bit strong. [Edited by yukka on 2008-06-18 08:20:33]
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