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Hats off to Google for pulling it off. Windows XP and IE6/7/8/9 must die. Though the way Chrome or latest Firefox automatically update themselves may cause IT
by cygwin98 14y ago
Hats off to Google for pulling it off. Windows XP and IE6/7/8/9 must die.
Though the way Chrome or latest Firefox automatically update themselves may cause IT support staff lots of sleepless nights. The old-school two/three year updating cycle in Windows sysadmin may face unprecedented challenges. I envision the devops sysadmin style and chef-like configuration management and automated environment testing may come to rescue in the Microsoft shops in the near future.
- lambada 14y agoIt won't matter (as much) for Firefox, as Mozilla have an 'extended support' version for Enterprises. It used to be 3.6, but recently it moved to 10. As the 'enterprise' version uses a different update stream, the only updates will be security updates. They stick with the major version for a year, and provide a twelve-week 'migration' window where both ESRs are supported [0] However, there is no similar scheme for Chrome. [0] http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/ http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/
- cygwin98 14y agoThanks for the pointer. Was not aware of the existence of the Firefox Enterprise.