Re: [tlug] RE: getting back on track [ was RE: introductions ]

[Brett Robson <b-robson@example.com>]

> On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 10:09:53AM +0900, Brett Robson wrote:
> 
> >Until you get to version 9. There seems to be very few packages that go
> >to double digit versions. Count the number of version 10s you see, they
> >are very rare and you can be sure they are from "serious" suppliers.
> 
> Slackware is at 10, I think (OK, they are serious) and Mandrake has a 
> 10 coming up (clowns) and SuSE should have a 10 at some point (serious).
> Of course, those are whole distros, but your point is well-taken: not
> much has been around long enough to have a version 10, and those that
> have are generally legit: they have nine previous major releases to get
> to 10.


Actually I meant software in general, not Linux distributions.

Interestingly Oracle is at version 9. There are one of the worst
companies for changing their products' names every chance they get.
Particularly annoying when I was a contractor as the agencies didn't
know that SQL Forms 3, Forms 4.5, and whatever they are calling it now,
was the same product.




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