Via ArsTechnica (http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/02/21/firefox-downloaded-over-500-million-times) as SpreadFirefox (http://www.spreadfirefox.com/500million)
Participate and you'll also help to donate some free rice at (http://www.freerice.com/) ===== Firefox downloaded over 500 million times By Ryan Paul | Published: February 21, 2008 - 11:59PM CT The Firefox web browser has now been downloaded over 500 million times, a significant milestone for the open source software project. To celebrate the occasion, Mozilla has teamed up with FreeRice and is encouraging Firefox users to help feed the hungry. At the FreeRice web site, users can play a simple vocabulary game which is accompanied by advertising that helps pay to contribute rice to people in need. For every question that users answer correctly, the organization donates enough money for 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program. Mozilla hopes that Firefox users will play along and help push today's total count of rice grains to over 500 million. The Mozilla blog notes that reaching that goal would feed 25,000 people. The popularity of Firefox has climbed steadily in recent years, and the program is thought to have over 125 million daily users. There are obviously a lot more downloads than users, but Mozilla is working hard to increase user retention. To participate in the riceraiser, just click through to FreeRice.com and answer some of the vocabulary quiz questions. It's easy and it won't take you very long to play a few rounds. ===== -- Soh Kam Yung my Google Reader Shared links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
