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    From Mr. Chang Man-wai@toylet.toylet@gmail.com to alt.comp.software.firefox,alt.comp.software.thunderbird,alt.comp.freeware on Wed Aug 12 13:22:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox


    With policies.json in-place, going Help->About->[Mozilla product]:

    Firefox: Updates disabled by your organization

    Thunderbird: Updates disabled by your system administrator

    What's the difference between
    "organization"
    and
    "system administrator"?

    Meow... :)
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  • From R Daneel Olivaw@Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid to alt.comp.software.firefox on Wed Aug 12 21:56:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

    Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:

    With policies.json in-place, going Help->About->[Mozilla product]:

    Firefox: Updates disabled by your organization

    Thunderbird: Updates disabled by your system administrator

    What's the difference between
    "organization"
    and
    "system administrator"?

    Meow... :)



    Why should anyone care?
    My guess would be that Firefox is often deployed in companies
    (organizations) while Thunderbird users are more likely to be home
    users. That's just a guess.
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  • From Alan K.@alan@invalid.com to alt.comp.software.firefox on Thu Aug 13 08:19:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

    On 8/12/26 3:56 PM, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:
    Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:

    With policies.json in-place, going Help->About->[Mozilla product]:

    Firefox: Updates disabled by your organization

    Thunderbird: Updates disabled by your system administrator

    What's the difference between
    "organization"
    and
    "system administrator"?

    Meow... :)



    Why should anyone care?
    My guess would be that Firefox is often deployed in companies
    (organizations) while Thunderbird users are more likely to be home
    users. That's just a guess.

    I think it's a darn good guess.
    That or a completely different set of programmers.
    --
    Mint 22.3, Thunderbird 153.0esr, Firefox 153.0.4
    Alan K.
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  • From SpallsHurgenson(NG)@user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid to alt.comp.software.firefox on Thu Aug 13 14:15:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox


    "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> posted:

    On 8/12/26 3:56 PM, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:
    Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:

    With policies.json in-place, going Help->About->[Mozilla product]:

    Firefox: Updates disabled by your organization

    Thunderbird: Updates disabled by your system administrator

    What's the difference between
    "organization"
    and
    "system administrator"?

    Meow... :)



    Why should anyone care?
    My guess would be that Firefox is often deployed in companies (organizations) while Thunderbird users are more likely to be home
    users. That's just a guess.

    I think it's a darn good guess.
    That or a completely different set of programmers.


    My initial guess is that one is set by a local administrator account,
    and the other by an organisational / domain administrator account. The difference largely being whether it's a restriction on a particular account(s) or the computer as a whole.

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