![]() ![]() Even Microsoft, not known for moving quickly, has made Mozilla look sleepy by comparison: It shipped the final version of its new browser, Internet Explorer (IE) 9, last week after just 6 months in beta. Google has shipped an astonishing 10 major releases of its Chrome browser since its initial release over two years ago, and that company says it is able to maintain this pace by thinking of Chrome as a web service instead of a traditional software product. The question, of course, is whether it's already too late. ![]() And the goal going forward is to ship smaller releases on a far timelier schedule. But many of the features in Firefox 4 really date back to 2006, and the lengthy time to market for this release-during which Firefox usage essentially stopped growing in the face of faster-moving rivals-has caused the firm to step back and reevaluate its product plans. Mozilla will officially launch its Firefox 4 web browser today, about eight months after its first public beta. ![]()
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