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Date:      Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:33:49 -0500
From:      Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mozilla retires Firefox 4 from security support
Message-ID:  <4E034ECD.2030505@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4E033AD7.2010600@cyanide-studio.com>
References:  <20110623075223.3b439423@scorpio>	<19971.11087.811956.446957@jerusalem.litteratus.org>	<20110623083030.2afcccfd@scorpio> <4E033AD7.2010600@cyanide-studio.com>

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On 6/23/2011 8:08 AM, Admin Cyanide wrote:
>
> The major difference is that when updating Microsoft's OS from a major
> version to another you have to pay.
> I'm not flaming, I just want to focus on the fact that this products
> have not the same constraints.
>
> What is surprising is why it is not a 4.1 release, I'm not following
> Firefox development but I'm surprised how fast they've gone from a major
> release to another.
> What has been changed in FF 5 that needs this release number change ?
>

Blame Chrome.  Just like there was no Netscape 5 because of IE6, the 
version number is marketing to make it look like Firefox is updating 
more often and faster than competitors.



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