It’s not a new suite of Internet software, as it’s been around for a few years. Mozilla have achieved this with their SeaMonkey suite. For this reason, anyone who can produce a fully-integrated all-in-one Internet suite, is on to a winner. However, with some many choices, options and solutions, it’s easy for these tools to interact poorly. More recently things have changed somewhat and users have realised that third-party developers can design and produce software that enhances their browsing experience. Internet suites became somewhat redundant and the Internet was dominated by one browser and one key developer. One particular suite, Turnpike, was sold to Demon Internet, for millions of pounds, before Microsoft started to take the Internet more seriously (read: build apps into the operating system).Īfter this, users could install Windows and find Internet Explorer, basic email and a dialup client that enabled them to connect to their ISP with few issues. Indeed, I ran a business based around producing a suite of software that got users on to the net with ease. Once Jan 1 comes around, it will be the end of an era and of course, the beginning of a new one.Īnyway, *if* you are interested in keeping those files, I’d suggest you download them as soon as possible.Back in the late 90s, the rage was to make Internet software as easy to use as possible. I guess it’s a feeling of nostalgia(makes me think of those years working with Callek to get the releases out on Buildbot) rather than actual utility. The copying is taking the longest.Īs the person who’ve worked on and around, I feel sad to see all those files go poof. At this point in time, I’m working on it. I’m hoping to setup the new storage system as a ‘static’ page so that one can just go to (for example, ) and you can see both the nightly and releases directory. Comm-* builds are no longer feasible/relevant. The rest will be “decommissioned” as they are relics of a past that we can no longer go back to. The only folders that are being migrated are the “releases” and nightly folder. They will most likely be left as is until Mozilla blows it away (or I do). However, I want to note that there are files there that I will not be moving. So, we are migrating our files from to a storage system on Azure.
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