A bit silly: the software is open en in alpha & beta for what? two years?
And then people 'discover' a bug 5 hours after the official release. Like they couldnt have tested against yesterdays nightlies and helped providing a fix *before* the release date. That would have been helpfull. Well, they got their 15 minutes of fame. rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Thursday 19 June 2008 09:03:53 Milton Aineruhanga wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
