Microsoft disputes Firefox's billion downloads claim

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• More computers in the world have IE on them because it's pre-installed or comes part of the Windows Updates. That doesn't necessarily prove that everyone who has IE installed actually uses the web browser. Therefore, in my opinion, less people use IE than the figures being banded about in the media.
  
  It would be interesting to find out how these browser percentages are figured out though... Posted by MacroEQ, London, UK
• @ Macro... lol.
  
  Microsoft are so stupid its beyond belief. Free advertising for Firefox, yay! Posted by Dans, UK
• I am one of the 1.5 billion internet users, And I have downloaded firefox on my Apple laptop, my dell mini laptop, my mac mini, My old PC in the home office, My work PC and thats computers I currently own. I reckon the average user would download firefox at least 3 times so think its pretty realistic.
  
  The microsoft lady aint that smart... ;) Posted by stu, uk
• I reckon I have downloaded Firefox 8-10 times for one machine over the last 18 months, and it's not even my primary browser. Their dl counter doesn't count automatic updates by the app itself however it will obviously count people manually downloading the updated app - often announced at least a day before the app updates itself automatically - and I've reinstalled it a couple of times or downgraded when add-ons weren't yet compatible. I don't doubt the figure, I just don't think it's very representative! Good for marketing though. Posted by devo1d,