A couple of days ago, MajorGeeks showed FF5 on their website but the Mozilla website didn’t have it up.
FF4 was out just a few weeks ago.
Microsoft seems to be doing the same — Windows 8 is supposed to be released soon. Windows 7 hasn’t even settled in yet.
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Are these upgrades really worth it?
Wait for Windows 9, Q1, 2012.
I think it includes native JES2, JCL and ISPF/PDF...
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I agree, Tom. Why the heck is M$ rushing us so quick through OS revisions before letting one stick? They need to understand how to read the market better, because people are not keen on this transitional OS crap.
Vista was a nightmare in so many ways, and they should’ve been transitioning users by some method other than wholesale OS re-install; for instance through Windows functionality enhancements or “feature” in the background as a subset of some Control Panel app. Make it optional to integrate new components into the OS, and leave the core alone. Linux does this very well, IMO. I’m still on Ubuntu 10.04, and the core runs spectacularly well, esp. Firefox!
It just seems to me that M$ is racing into the smartphone market by trivializing releases in lieu of first-to-compatibility markets. W8 is going to a be poorly received. Most folks want to get comfortable with an OS and have it left alone. For instance, my relatives all had to be dragged into W7 from XP, and they’ve since been very satisfied with the transition. Telling them that W8 is going to be the new cool thing, I’ll get the normal eye-roll and then a phone call 9 months later.
Just give it a break, M$! Just release it to the smartphone market for new tablet or smartphone use specifically, and leave the desktop users alone.
>Are these upgrades really worth it?<
Beats me. I still use Win XP.