The graph on lockshot shows 8.7m. I assume the author of the pcpro article just rounded up. I'm not saying the author should have rounded up, because she shouldn't have. Journalists should strive for accuracy in paraphrasing the words of their subject. I wouldn't necessarily call it inaccurate though, since it falls within what Harvey estimates as well. I'd rather call it slightly overzealous reporting.
I like how everything here is using the word "lost."
Well, they weren't gained, but they certainly weren't lost. I somehow doubt that people decided against downloading Firefox because it wasn't in the browser ballot.
> I somehow doubt that people decided against downloading Firefox because it wasn't in the browser ballot.
Did you read the article?
>Daily downloads of Firefox fell by 63% to a low of 20,000 before the ballot was reinstated, Harvey Anderson, vice president of business affairs and general counsel at Mozilla, said in a post on his personal blog.
>After the fix, downloads jumped by 150% to 50,000 a day, he said - estimating that between six and nine million downloads were "lost" during the 18 months the browser ballot was missing.