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Mozilla’s (intentional) enterprise slow-down

Mozilla has announced that its proposed Extended Support Release (ESR) version of Firefox is a go. The open source outfit will be launching an ESR version of Firefox which will update less frequently for use by enterprises, public institutions and other organisations that centrally manage their Firefox deployments. The release comes in direct response to the criticism Mozilla received over Firefox’s rapid-release development cycle. Corporations and other users had cited concerns that the release schedule didn’t allow enough time for them to certify new releases of the products, as well as concerns that the end-of life policy exposes them to considerable security risk if they remain on older Firefox versions. However, the ESR is an about-face from Mozilla’s position six months ago, when its product director Asa Dotzler said, “Enterprise has never been (and I’ll argue, shouldn’t be) a focus of ours.” But, it now looks like Firefox will, indeed, be making enterprise a focus.

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Mozilla’s (intentional) enterprise slow-down