Maybe the terms Upgrade and update are being confused.
When we went from Navigator 3.0.x series to Communicator 4.0.x Series
That was an Upgrade.
when we went from Communicator 4.0.x to 4.5.x That was an upgrade. when
we went from 4.5 to 4.6 to 4.7 they were updates. according to Netscapes
update/upgrade scale. any change of .5 or less is considered updates.
(4.0.8 to 4.5 was an update) .6 or above are considered Upgrades.
So by their definition 6.0 is an "Upgrade".
"Simon P. Lucy" wrote:
>
> At 09:11 19/03/2001 +0000, Gervase Markham wrote:
> > > http://home.netscape.com/download/ -- if you visit with a 4.x browser it
> > > says
> > >
> > > You are currently using:
> > > Netscape Communicator 4.76
> > > Upgrade Available!
> > > Netscape 6.01
> > >
> > > in large type, with UPGRADE AVAILABLE! in bold (but not all caps).
> >
> ><sigh> OK, I take it back. The fact that they are totally wrong doesn't
> >mean I don't have to accept they are saying it.
> >
> >I take it someone has taken this up with them, and got nowhere?
> >
> >Gerv
>
> I can't really see how Netscape can get away without saying its an upgrade
> of some kind, even if it isn't. They are somewhat in a cleft stick. In
> marketing terms an upgrade doesn't have much to do with
> continuity. Netscape the brand is perceived as a browser, Communicator was
> never a strong brand, so a browser released with the Netscape brand is
> going to be seen as the latest and greatest browser and therefore an
> upgrade path from the Communicator product.
>
> The only way to break that connection in the user's minds is to target a
> browser at a particular market segment, as the Netscape product is intended
> for the same market as Communicator that won't fly either.
>
> Simon
>
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