Internet Explorer 9 Chalks up 2.3 Million Downloads
Microsoft has claimed that their newly released Internet Explorer 9 Web browser was downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours of its release. In a post on Windows Team Blog, Ryan Gavin, Senior Director, Internet Explorer claims that the browser was downloaded 27 times per second in the first 24 hours.
While these numbers may look impressive, a story by The Register helps put these numbers in context. The first 24 hours of the Opera 11 Web browser launch was said to have seen 6.7 million downloads while Mozilla came up with even bigger numbers for their Firefox 3.0 launch- eight million downloads in 24 hours. So, while IE9’s download count beats IE8, it still lags behind Firefox and Opera.
Internet Explorer 9 was launched on Monday and has generally received positive response from critics and users (along with some brickbats).
Microsoft has claimed that their newly released Internet Explorer 9 Web browser was downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours of its release. In a post on Windows Team Blog, Ryan Gavin, Senior Director, Internet Explorer claims that the browser was downloaded 27 times per second in the first 24 hours.
While these numbers may look impressive, a story by The Register helps put these numbers in context. The first 24 hours of the Opera 11 Web browser launch was said to have seen 6.7 million downloads while Mozilla came up with even bigger numbers for their Firefox 3.0 launch- eight million downloads in 24 hours. So, while IE9’s download count beats IE8, it still lags behind Firefox and Opera.
Internet Explorer 9 was launched on Monday and has generally received positive response from critics and users (along with some brickbats).
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