[dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Mozilla cancelled Firefox for Windows 8

On 2014-03-17 5:08 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> The first program you download with IE?

And the last.

PB

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> Jim
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 2:16:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Mozilla cancelled  Firefox for Windows 8
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> Hi Martin
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> Yes, who cares. What is Firefox??
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> /gustav
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> Sent from my Windows 8.1
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> Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com <dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> på vegne af Martin Reid <mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk>
> Sendt: 17. marts 2014 20:06
> Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Mozilla cancelled  Firefox for Windows 8
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> My personal reaction is so what. I am in the who cares what browser is used as long as the BBC web site works.
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> Martin
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> Sent from my Windows Phone
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> From: Jim Lawrence
> Sent: 17/03/2014 19:02
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Mozilla cancelled  Firefox for Windows 8
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> Hi Helmut:
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> When one of the world's biggest browser developers drops a new platform that is big news. When it is Windows 8.x that is bigger news. Considering that Windows 8.x is the most advertised application/platform (and expensive...Microsoft is paying more on advertising the product than it makes in sales) in history and their growth is limp to say the least...the graphs say it all.
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> http://gs.statcounter.com/#all-os-ww-monthly-201303-201403
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> ...and...
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> http://gs.statcounter.com/#all-os-ww-monthly-201303-201403-bar
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> ...or more long range...
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> http://gs.statcounter.com/#all-os-ww-monthly-200812-201403
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> As long as sales of Windows 7, Office and servers can continue as strong, Windows 8.x advertising will be able to continue.
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> Jim
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Helmut Kotsch" <hkotsch at arcor.de>
> To: "Off Topic" <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Monday, 17 March, 2014 4:31:18 AM
> Subject: [dba-OT] Mozilla cancelled  Firefox for Windows 8
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> Mozilla cancelled  Firefox for Windows 8
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> https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2014/03/14/metro/
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>
> Helmut
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