MS's version numbering system is so screwed it doesn't even deserve mention (am I a version number, a year or a 2 letter buzz-phrase?).
The US consumer market understands consistency. Just look at how many sysadmins still say "Solaris 2.8" even there is no such product. Given the posts generated by the announcement of RH9 it's obvious that there is going to be some confusion. Also, considering that RH's consumer releases come out about every 6 months, it looks like we'll be seeing RH 11 at about this time next year... -Steve -----Original Message----- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 1:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RHCE certifications and how current they are - answer below On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:25:49PM -0600, Rigler, Steve wrote: > "Starting with Red Hat Linux 9 the numbering system for > the consumer release will be stated only as an integer." > > So RH is trying to confuse everybody the same way Sun did with the Solaris > version numbers. And I suppose the whole world is confused by Microsoft's integer numbering too? How about your model 2003 car? What year was it built and what year was it sold? What ECOs have been applied? You don't buy a 2003.1 Ford Mustang that already has the fixes in it for the steering wheel coming loose do you? [I'm not Ford-bashing - I just made this up!] The US consumer market currently understands integer numbering. After all, you grew up with integers long before you realized that there was anything between 1 and 2. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
