The policy of ‘release early and release regularly’ contributes a lot to the popularity of Mozilla Firefox!!!
The Firefox web browsing software application has always followed a policy of release regularly and release early as far as version upgrades are concerned. The implications of this ‘release early and release quickly policy’ are many. It would not be incorrect to say that the popularity of the Firefox web browsing software application has been boosted as a result of this policy adopted by the developers of the web browsing software application. What are the advantages that accrue to the Firefox web browsing software application due to this policy adopted by the developers?
For starters, this policy of the Firefox web browsing software application ensures that the Mozilla Firefox web browser always in the limelight. The Firefox web browsing software application has a dedicated community and has a loyal following of end users who do their best to promote the Firefox web browsing software application. Since a major version upgrade of the Firefox web browsing software application is released on a regular basis and is released as early as possible, the promotional campaign run by the fans and supporters of the Firefox web browsing software application never really comes to an end. Since the Firefox web browsing software application has been releasing major version upgrades at least once in a year, the end user of the Firefox web browsing software application get to build a huge hype and get to promote the Firefox web browsing software application in a big manner at least once in a year. The promotional campaign of the release of every major version upgrade of the Firefox web browsing software application begins a few months before the release and continues for a few weeks after the release of the version upgrade. This ensures that almost three to four months of the year is dedicated and devoted to the promotion of the Firefox web browsing software application in a big manner. Of course, the end users of the Firefox web browsing software application never really stop promoting the Firefox web browser.
The policy adopted by the Firefox web browsing software application ensures that the web browser is always promoted in a big manner and is always in the eye of the public for at least of four months in a year. For a web browsing software application that is free and open source, for a web browsing software application that does not enjoy the deep pockets that the other web browsers like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer enjoys, four months of publicity is something that can do a lot to the popularity of the web browsing software application.
Each and every blog dedicated to the Firefox web browsing software application and each and every web site that encourages the end users to switch over to the Firefox web browsing software application and each and every individual who is a part of the spread Firefox campaign begins talking about the expected features in the version upgrade and the expectations and anticipation of the general end users of the web browsing software application from the latest version upgrade of the Firefox web browser. The release of Firefox version 2.0 witnessed Firefox release parties, Firefox contests, Firefox tee shirts and Firefox movies.
It is but obvious that each and every release of the Firefox web browsing software application will be discussed and will be highlighted in such a manner. Hence, the policy decision to release early and release regularly adopted by the developers of the Firefox web browsing software application ensures that the Firefox web browsing software application gets a lot of free publicity and gets a lot of attention of the public on an annual basis.
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