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For the next two years a partnership between RealNetworks and Mozilla will mean that users downloading RealPlayer, Rhapsody and other Real software will also receive the Firefox browser. The announcement late last night said that a partnership to distribute the Google Toolbar has also been formalized.

This is great news for Firefox. Real says it sees more than 2 million downloads of its software each day, though it’s not clear how many of those are of software that will now include Firefox.

Real has long been criticized for letting more obnoxious software piggyback along with its software in downloads, but this seems like a great move. Though Firefox now has a 16% marketshare in the US, and higher elsewhere, I’m sure there is still a world of people who have never heard of it or who don’t know how to get it. Techcrunch » Blog Archive » RealNetworks to deliver Firefox