Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:10:55 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mozilla retires Firefox 4 from security support Message-ID: <19971.15199.521753.184679@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20110623083030.2afcccfd@scorpio> References: <20110623075223.3b439423@scorpio> <19971.11087.811956.446957@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20110623083030.2afcccfd@scorpio>
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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
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