Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

I agree with Steve above.  I would favor removing the version number at the time it truly becomes irrelevant - not in anticipation of or political furtherance of such a hypothetical situation.

It is equally possible that the input of others will make version numbers HIGHLY RELEVANT if the Enterprise Working Group is ever influential.

The fall-out here is a direct consequence of the FUD induced by Mozilla on their own product with this year's change in strategy.  The underlying cause and potential long-term impact is highly relevant to the validity of the proposition to remove the version numbers.  To limit perspective of UX design to simple use cases overlooks the fact that we all live in a bigger world.

Context is everything... and far from meaningless.  In this case, it is the very context that is being called into question by members of the community, and even inadvertent furtherance of that context which may be invalidated is not desirable when the net benefit is next to null otherwise.

Unfortunately, by Asa's admission furtherance of that context is EXACTLY the purpose of removing the numbers:

+ If "A" is going to be true, making "B" irrelevant, then let's remove "B" to promote "A" becoming true.

as opposed to 

+ Since "A" is true, and has made "B" irrelevant, then let's remove "B" to acknowledge this reality.

Unfortunately, it is clearly FAR from reality.  While version numbers and the release process (a direct cause of versioning) may be irrelevant to many, when they are relevant they are relevant BECAUSE they indicate a reflection of release processes, stability, security, etc.

Mozilla finds version numbers irrelevant.  They are not irrelevant.

So:
    + Since "A" is relevant, and "B" reflects "A", then "B" is also relevant.

Until you've proven otherwise... removing the version number is a very bad idea.

I'm surprised the Mozilla team was so out of touch as to not realize this, and predicated everything on assumptions that did, in fact, marginalize the most influential and powerful segment of the Firefox user base.

Unusable is unusable - for whatever reason.