On 7/6/05, Dwight A Corrin wrote: > On Wednesday, July 6, 2005, 1:48:18 PM, Manuel Breitfeld wrote: > > > Without having read the whole thread, I just want to point out, that > > it's not always that mathematical and therefore logical as you did > > point out. CVS's numbering system for instance goes like this 1.1 > > ... 1.9 .... 1.10 .... 1.19 .... 1.20. That's the "opposite" of the > > way you described. > > I think Windows went from 3 to 3.1 to 3.11 to 95
Correct, Dwight. In 1987, Windows 386 was introduced. In 1988, Windows 286 came out. Later, we saw Windows NT. After NT came Windows 2000 and more recently 2003. Then there was also the progression from 95 to 98 to 98SE to ME to XP. Microsoft versioning - at least from a marketing angle - was often mathematical but often not. Sometimes it was based on years, and sometimes based on imaginative names. For Microsoft, there was no "time-honored tradition" that anyone felt obliged to follow. It seems that making money was a higher priority for Bill Gates than the dogged but dubious mathematics of Allie and, perhaps, RL. :-) -- Avi Yashar Windows XP Pro SP2 and The Bat! Pro (No OTFE) 3.51 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.51 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
