LTSB versus CB versus CBB

I thought this little thing would interest people here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_support

Search for Windows 10 and then read right-hand column.


Never mind, here it is: Referred to as "Long Term Servicing Branch", or
LTSB, these releases of Windows 10 are supported for 10 years for
mission critical machines. The LTSB release gets monthly security
updates; the updates to the LTSB release bring little to no feature
changes. The LTSB release is available only for businesses running the
Windows 10 Enterprise edition. Regular consumers on the Current Branch
(CB) get new versions of the operating system approximately every four
months while business customers on the Current Branch for Business (CBB)
get upgraded to new versions about every eight months.[17] For more
information, please see Windows 10 version history. [which is a link if
you go to the url above.]



I happened to look up long-term support because on my laptop running XP,
the new version of Firefox they provided me was 52.2.0esr, extended
support release, instead of v54, which I think I have on win10.

Mozilla says about ESR: Extended Support Release

A community-led project that allows organizations to benefit from the
speed, flexibility and security of Firefox while getting the support
they need.

Who is it for?
Firefox ESR is intended for groups who deploy and maintain the desktop
environment in large organizations such as universities and other
schools, county or city governments and businesses.

[I'm not a group and I don't know if I deploy anything, but they gave it
to me. I'm not objecting.]

Who is it not for?
Individual users who always want the latest features, performance
enhancements and technologies in their browser without waiting for them
to become available in ESR several development cycles later.

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:28:26 -0400, micky
wrote:



I happened to look up long-term support because on my laptop running XP,
the new version of Firefox they provided me was 52.2.0esr, extended
support release, instead of v54, which I think I have on win10.

Mozilla says about ESR: Extended Support Release

A community-led project that allows organizations to benefit from the
speed, flexibility and security of Firefox while getting the support
they need.

Who is it for?
Firefox ESR is intended for groups who deploy and maintain the desktop
environment in large organizations such as universities and other
schools, county or city governments and businesses.

[I'm not a group and I don't know if I deploy anything, but they gave it
to me. I'm not objecting.]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...upport_Release
Firefox ESR is intended for groups who deploy and maintain the desktop
environment in large organizations such as universities and other
schools, county or city governments and businesses. During the extended
cycle, no new features will be added to a Firefox ESR; only
high-risk/high-impact security vulnerabilities or major stability fixes
will be corrected.[270]

An Extended Support Release includes continuity of support through 9
normal Firefox rapid release cycles (54 weeks), with the final 2 cycles
overlapping the next version. ESR versions will jump from 10 to 17, then
to 24 etc.[270]

Every six weeks when a new mainstream Firefox release is made under the
rapid release cycle, a corresponding security update would also be
released for the then-current ESR version. For example, ESR 10.0.1 would
be expected to be released at the same time as Firefox 11, ESR 10.0.2 at
the same time as Firefox 12. Security updates for ESR versions are also
released when out-of-band security updates are made available for
mainstream Firefox releases, for example ESR 10.0.10 corresponds with
Firefox 16.0.2. At Firefox 17 and Firefox 18, there would be two ESR
versions supported. Respectively, ESR 10.0.11 and ESR 17.0.0; ESR
10.0.12 and ESR 17.0.1. Finally, when Firefox reaches 19.0, ESR 10 would
go end-of-life alongside the release of ESR 17.0.2. The cycle repeats
again......



Who is it not for?
Individual users who always want the latest features, performance
enhancements and technologies in their browser without waiting for them
to become available in ESR several development cycles later.

micky wrote:

Windows 10

Referred to as "Long Term Servicing Branch", or LTSB, these releases
of Windows 10 are supported for 10 years for mission critical
machines. The LTSB release gets monthly security updates; the updates
to the LTSB release bring little to no feature changes. The LTSB
release is available only for businesses running the Windows 10
Enterprise edition.

Yep, the companies paid for the Enterprise version. That edition never
had a free giveaway nor a permanent free trial. Enterprise
subscriptions start at $7/month or $84/year but I don't know how many
seats must be purchased. Looks like that pricing is for the lower-end
or standard E3 edition. Don't know the pricing for the E5 edition that
includes Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection. Edition edition
can also be had without a subscription and instead through the regular
[volume] licensing programs.

Although Microsoft has discontinued support on many past products, that
doesn't stop them from providing special service afterward if you're
willing to pay for it. The cost for such out-of-band support is beyond
your personal budget.

I happened to look up long-term support because on my laptop running XP,
the new version of Firefox they provided me was 52.2.0esr, extended
support release, instead of v54, which I think I have on win10.

FF 52 ESR is the last version that Mozilla supports on Windows XP. You
will never get a later version of Firefox for Windows XP. In another 10
years if still using Windows XP, you'll still be stuck with FF 52 ESR.
Of course, by then, a lot of sites will refuse to accept connections
from such an old web browser (unless you lie to them in the User Agent
header assuming that header is still used by then since it is already
deprecated).