> Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> Dennis Clarke wrote: >>>> Here are some key terms. The FCS or GA release and the ABI, the SPI >>>> and >>>> API. >>>> >>>> I have always been curious what the difference was between FCS and GA. >>>> I >>>> think that GA means General Availability and perhaps is the same as >>>> FCS. >>>> >>>> >>> FCS stands for First Customer Ship[ment] I believe. It predated >>> software >>> distribution via Internet, so I believe it generally referred to when >>> the CD (or DVD) and packaging is available for shipping to customers. >> >> So samething as GA then I guess. >> > > FCS is an older, somewhat imprecise term that has been replaced by
well I guess that makes me an older and somewhat imprecise Solaris user :-) > Revenue Release (RR) and General Availability (GA). RR refers to the > first time the OS release is shipped in any form [1], possibly before > media kits or downloadable images are available. GA, as the name > implies, refers to the time when everything is in place to ship in > quantity for all delivery mechanisms, locales, etc. FCS could refer to > either milestone depending upon context, which is why we generally avoid > the term now. > > This is probably way more than you wanted to know. :-) > > Scott that was great .. thank you very much. This whole open communication thing works. > > [1] Revenue release may seem like a strange term for something that is > free, but it's the point at which we could recognize revenue if we were > charging for it. Software is free but service is not. And therein lay the revenue! Dennis Clarke _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
