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History of Firefox Release

by Thomas Chung (UPDATED 2006-01-30)
Rel	 Date  	 	Name		File
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1.5.0.1  2006-01-30     firefox         firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz
1.5      2005-11-29     firefox         firefox-1.5.tar.gz
1.5rc3   2005-11-18     firefox         firefox-1.5rc3.tar.gz
1.5rc2   2005-11-11     firefox         firefox-1.5rc2.tar.gz
1.5rc1   2005-11-02     firefox         firefox-1.5rc1.tar.gz
1.0.7    2005-09-20     firefox         firefox-1.0.7.tar.gz
1.0.6    2005-07-19     firefox         firefox-1.0.6.tar.gz
1.0.5    2005-07-12     firefox         firefox-1.0.5.tar.gz
1.0.4    2005-05-11     firefox         firefox-1.0.4.tar.gz
1.0.3    2005-04-15     firefox         firefox-1.0.3.tar.gz
1.0.2    2005-03-20     firefox         firefox-1.0.2.tar.gz
1.0.1    2005-02-24     firefox         firefox-1.0.1.tar.gz
1.0      2004-11-09     firefox         firefox-1.0.tar.gz
1.0rc2   2004-11-04     firefox         firefox-1.0rc2.tar.gz
1.0rc1   2004-10-27     firefox         firefox-1.0rc1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz
0.10.1   2004-10-01     firefox         firefox-1.0PR-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.10	 2004-09-14	firefox		firefox-1.0PR-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.10rc   2004-09-11	firefox         firefox-1.0PRrc-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.9.3	 2004-08-04	firefox		firefox-0.9.3-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.9.2	 2004-07-08	firefox		firefox-0.9.2-source.tar.bz2
0.9.1 	 2004-06-29	firefox		firefox-0.9.1-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.9	 2004-06-15	firefox		firefox-0.9-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.9rc	 2004-06-10	firefox		firefox-0.9rc-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.8	 2004-02-08	firefox	 	firefox-0.8-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.7.1    2003-10-26	firebird	firebird-0.7-0.7.1.patch
0.7	 2003-10-15	firebird	MozillaFirebird-0.7-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
0.6.1	 2003-07-28	firebird	MozillaFirebird-0.6.1-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
0.6	 2003-05-16     firebird	MozillaFirebird-0.6-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz 
0.5	 2003-12-07	phoenix		phoenix-0.5-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz 
0.4	 2002-10-30     phoenix		phoenix-0.4-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz 
0.3	 2002-10-14	phoenix		phoenix-0.3-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
0.2	 2002-10-01	phoenix		phoenix-0.2-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz	
0.1	 2002-09-23	phoenix		phoenix-0.1-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz

Sources: 
- http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/?C=M;O=D
- http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firebird/releases/?C=M;O=D
- http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/phoenix/releases/?C=M;O=D

FAQ:
What's with the new name?

Firefox is the new name for Mozilla Firebird (which was the new name for Phoenix). 
The name had to change twice because of legal issues. 
There was a lengthy process in picking the name, with hours of meetings and occasionally lots of frustration.