Quote: It was announced today that Firefox will no longer support Windows 98 and Me. The change, which comes about in version 2.0, follows a refusal by Microsoft to patch two "critical" bugs in the older operating systems. The decision has drawn criticism from users over claims that Mozilla will support operating systems that account for a small share of the market.

Gervase Markham, a Mozilla developer has said "The key point is that after July 11th, 2006, Microsoft will no longer be providing even critical security updates for any of the Win 9x family. I argue that continuing to support these operating systems in a browser or other Internet-facing product after vendor security support ceases is actually irresponsible, because it gives users the idea that they can continue to safely use those operating systems for surfing the Internet."