Five hours after Mozilla officially released Firefox 3.0, researchers found a vulnerability in the new browser.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080619/tc_pcworld/147277 _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Samer Azmy Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Executive; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; council; Asiasource2_participants Subject: Re: [Executive] Firefox downloads,does it reflect FOSS penetration in Africa Wire, I agree that is another factor to add, but let me tell you that it was generally slow yesterday for the download Take care Samer On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Wire James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Samer I think it is more than just FOSS awareness. If you look closely, the amount of bandwidth and its cost in a country should be having a correlation with the downloads. If I tried to download for example, I would need to halt office operations for an entire day and nite just to have the latest firefox and yet I am one of those lucky enough to have "broadband" in Uganda. Wire On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 09:15 +0300, Samer Azmy wrote: All, I had a look on the number of Firefox downloads in Africa , as I see it reflects FOSS awareness Some countries has ZERO Download (and that Zero Download happened only in Africa ?!!) Complete Review is h3r3 <http://geek2live.blogspot.com/2008/06/firefox-number-of-downloads-in.html> http://geek2live.blogspot.com/2008/06/firefox-number-of-downloads-in.html FOSSFA , I think we have lots to be done Have a Good Day P.S. I know that I will have some feedbacks that I can not measure FOSS penetration through Firefox download ONLY, and I totally agree on that , but it is the only indication I have Kind Regards Samer -- ______________________________ http://geek2live.blogspot.com/ - You pick the level of your suffering yourself - Budha- - There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.-- Hindu proverb - "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."-Abraham Lincoln - Live Free or Die-Kernel The Canine- - Without music, life would be a mistake.- Nietzsche - He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.-- John Milton - The best portion of a good man's life is the little, nameless,unremembered acts of kindness and love.-- William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English poet -- - The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.-- Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher _______________________________________________ Executive mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fossfa.net/mailman/listinfo/executive_fossfa.net -- ______________________________ http://geek2live.blogspot.com/ - You pick the level of your suffering yourself - Budha- - There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.-- Hindu proverb - "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."-Abraham Lincoln - Live Free or Die-Kernel The Canine- - Without music, life would be a mistake.- Nietzsche - He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.-- John Milton - The best portion of a good man's life is the little, nameless,unremembered acts of kindness and love.-- William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English poet -- - The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.-- Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher
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