Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:25:25 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mozilla retires Firefox 4 from security support Message-ID: <4E033EC5.4020805@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <19971.15199.521753.184679@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20110623075223.3b439423@scorpio> <19971.11087.811956.446957@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20110623083030.2afcccfd@scorpio> <19971.15199.521753.184679@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On 6/23/11 3:10 PM, Robert Huff wrote: > > Jerry writes: > >> > > Obviously users of version 4 will be more or less forced to >> > > update to version 5 which is now in the ports system. What amazes >> > > me is how quick support was pulled from version 4. >> > >> > My morning-fogged mind says Version 4 was out less than a >> > year. >> >> Correct! When Microsoft EOL'd a ten year old OS (XP) the >> wailing's from certain factions was deafening. Now with Mozilla >> EOLing a product less than a year old the sounds of silence seem >> to be propagating. > > Which says something about the relative trust levels about > Mozilla and Microsoft bringing out a a new .0 of their core product. > > > Robert "still using XP" Huff > Well the main difference is, there was a lot of software that would run only on win XP for large companies, internal web applications, home made banking software... With FF, it's just a version bump, addons will get fixed (or not) and that is it. I for one was much more bothered by XP's EOL than I am with FF bumping. Although, I'll give you, I'm as confused as everyone regarding this 4->5 bump, surely they could have done 4.1 or something...
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