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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