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User:Mardus/Free software support of older operating systems

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Free software applications support older operating systems for much longer than proprietary applications.

Timeline

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SeaMonkeyFirefoxWindows 2000SeaMonkeyWindows MEWindows 98FirefoxWindows NT 4SeaMonkeyFirefox
  • Operating systems:
    • Bar stops at extended support end-date.
    • All operating systems are assumed to have the latest service packs and update rollups.
  • Mozilla and Firefox are usable since version 0.8. This is just an approximation, because:
    • Mozilla became stable by version 0.8, and
    • Firefox (then Phoenix) was more or less usable for simple browsing from version 0.5.

Sources

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With help from Template:Timeline of Apple II family and Enlargement of the European_Union#Timeline
Sources:

Windows XP and beyond

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FirefoxWindows XP

References

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  1. ^ [1]:16
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ [3]