Mozilla retires Firefox 4 from security support
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Thu Jun 23 13:10:57 UTC 2011
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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