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<div style="font-family: Calibri; ">IS&T is pleased to recommend Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 17 to the MIT community. The ESR release of Firefox is designed for institutions like MIT: it facilitates long-term support for accessing various websites
and lets organizations test and maintain internal web applications for business continuity. Unlike the rapid-release cycle of the regular version of Firefox, major Firefox ESR releases will be distributed and maintained for approximately one year and will
enable users to decide when to upgrade. Firefox ESR versions will address high-risk/high-impact security vulnerabilities thorough minor point releases.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; "><b>How to Obtain</b></div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; ">Community members can obtain Firefox ESR online from the <a href="https://ist.mit.edu/firefox">IS&T Software Grid</a>.</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; ">Note: Installing Firefox 17 ESR will overwrite your existing installation of Firefox. Bookmarks or browsing history will not be lost, but some extensions and other add-ons might not work until updates for them are available.</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">More information about Firefox ESR can be found on the </span><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Mozilla
Firefox ESR Overview Page</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">.</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; "><b>Getting Help</b></div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; ">For help with FIrefox, please contact the IS&T Help Desk at 617.253.1101 or <a href="mailto:helpdesk@mit.edu">helpdesk@mit.edu</a>. You can also <a href="http://ist.mit.edu/help">submit a request online</a>.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; ">A text version of this release announcement can be found in the IS&T Knowledge Base at: <a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/BqUBCQ">http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/BqUBCQ</a>. </div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; ">On Behalf of the Software Release Team and IS&T,</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; ">Dave Conlon</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace"><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">David J. Conlon</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace"><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Manager, Software Release Team (SWRT)</span></font></div>
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