On 15 Mar 2007 09:29:24 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> On the subject of dot.zero release, did you also notice that there is >> never >> a dot.two release? Always new versions. New versions typically have >a >> price increase on the MLC, whilst new releases do not. > >I don't know that there's any particular rhyme or reason to the >numbering scheme. There was a huge debacle with IMS V2.2 in the mid '80s >that cost several high-end customers $$ millions. V2.2 was going to be >the release that finally got the V1.3 customers to migrate and I suppose >it eventually was, but there were lots of bodies left in its wake. > >IBM seemed a bit twitchy about release numbers for a while after that >but memories fade. If you picked any digit at random you could probably >make the case that they either do or do not favor that digit. I don't >think there's any significant corporate consciousness behind choosing >those numbers. > >> My experience has been that every even numbered version of DB2 has >brought >> with it significant problems. The succeeding odd numbered version has >> little new function, but did make the new function from the even >numbered >> version that had many problems with it work. > >Even numbered releases tend to be the ones that bring in the biggest >chunks of new function and the odd releases tend to be the cleanup >releases, but even that isn't carved in stone. In any case, lots of new >function almost always equals lots of new problems.
Somehow I have the feeling that the major difference between the z side of the house and the Microsoft side of the house is that the z side of the house is more prone to test and look for problems. From what I see on my home machine, if I care to, I can find out a lot about the problems that may be on my system from Microsoft. I suspect that if you put a seasoned z series veteran in charge of the Microsoft side that it would become fairly reliable. > >CC > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
