An unnamed reader writes "Using data issue by the Mozilla Firefox key in pledge page, the map on this blog post ranks countries, not by absolute number of pledges made, but rather on a per capita basis. This breakdown yields some interesting conclusions about where open source is strongest and weakest." unsigned Warthog writes "That didn't take long. In a blog posting from the TippingPoint DVLabs security team (of Kraken and CanSecWest hacking contest fame), they confirmed that they reported a vulnerability in Firefox 3.0 to Mozilla a mere five hours after it was released. Additionally, there was a posting on the Full Disclosure security mailing list from someone that purports to have another vulnerability in the works as well. In the grand scheme of things, this reasonably means nothing to the general security of Firefox, but you can be sure the browser zealots on all sides will be calorie counting carefully." Finally, from reader Toreo asesino: "Microsoft have congratulated the Mozilla team by sending them their second cake (minus recipe) to Mozilla's mass View hq to congratulate them on shipping FireFox 3, which went live right on time last night." Congratulations are indeed due on both the browser and the release process — looks like the Firefox fever (despite some seriously taxed servers) resulted in more than 8 million downloads in 24 hours.

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