Perhaps he didn't want to use buggy versions of the software.

I think it's a double standard to panic about bugs after the product goes final, after deliberately avoiding a ten-month chance to help locate the bugs and even offer some input into the development process. The final 2.0 software was heavily shaped by input from people on this BBS, and I think that's the coolest thing in the world. I just feel like FireFox may be trying to close the barn door after the horse has run off to the pub.

It's one thing if the betas are closed and the final product costs money. Then it's OK to panic after you buy it.

FireFox: What made you remove beta 13? It was really stable, and had so many more features than 1.03.