I'm sorry I am not aware of the dynamics within the team. I like the
exchange of ideas, sans insults and negative comments toward the person.
And I agree our opinions are subjective, though we must try to be as
objective as possible.
From a marketing perspective, other than the product's
/(I see that I replied to only one list, so just wanted to include
design and marketing. Sorry for the double-up.)/
Thank you all for sharing your opinion.
Please keep in mind that "a really big jump" or "a major innovation"
will always be very subjective and depend on personal areas of
I agree with Italo that changing to version 8 makes sense and that it is a
marketing decision. Office suite updates that become new version numbers
rarely include much in the way of ground breaking innovation and waiting
for some integration of some new 'ground breaking' feature does not make
Thank you all for sharing your opinion.
Please keep in mind that "a really big jump" or "a major innovation"
will always be very subjective and depend on personal areas of interest
or specialties, and I suspect that we will have dozens of different
opinions (and no agreement) if we ask what
I would just like to counter what Eyal Rosenberg says. Version number
should be a marketing decision.
But I agree with his points that marketing must consider that major
innovations or missing features should be included with a major number
change otherwise said number change will fall flat.
The
