From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 23 14:35:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E46A106564A for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:35:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from editor@d3photography.com) Received: from server.cwis.biz (70-89-202-5-invergrove-mn.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [70.89.202.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22A798FC19 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:35:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.cwis.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 903C5267C2E5; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:40:00 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cwis.biz Received: from server.cwis.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (server.cwis.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id r7erLKhct64f; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:39:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.6.15] (dhcp64-134-70-150.ssaf.orl.wayport.net [64.134.70.150]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AC560267C2E4; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:39:46 -0500 (CDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Ryan Coleman In-Reply-To: <4E034ECD.2030505@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:35:15 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <7C70B394-4C08-472C-9084-312141E0BD74@d3photography.com> References: <20110623075223.3b439423@scorpio> <19971.11087.811956.446957@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20110623083030.2afcccfd@scorpio> <4E033AD7.2010600@cyanide-studio.com> <4E034ECD.2030505@gmail.com> To: Joshua Isom X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mozilla retires Firefox 4 from security support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:35:35 -0000 On Jun 23, 2011, at 10:33 AM, Joshua Isom wrote: > On 6/23/2011 8:08 AM, Admin Cyanide wrote: >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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 ? >>=20 >=20 > 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. IMO Netscrape 6 was no better than IE6 :)