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Mozilla struggles with Firefox 3 release

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Promised at 10 a.m. Pacific time (1 p.m. Eastern), Mozilla was eager to set a one-day world-record for the release of Firefox 3. With most of the day already gone for much of the world, and nary an update to be seen, it's looking bad for June 17.

Getfirefox.com alternates between being entirely down and cheerfully offering up the latest and greatest version of Firefox 2.

"Check for Updates" inside of Firefox (eventually) returns a "AUS: Update XML File Malformed (200)" error reading the XML file that would normally contain information about Firefox updates.

When will we see an update? "Shortly," according to the Mozilla Blog. They are also careful to point out that the "official" 24 hours of record-breaking will commence the moment the software is released, and not from their original 10 a.m. estimate.

Thanks everyone who sent this in!

Update: 3:05 p.m.: We did it! TUAW single-handedly provided the schadenfreude necessary to get the server running, and getfirefox.com is serving up Firefox 3.

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