[bt-devel] BibleTime versions

[Chris Marsh]

I never trust software from Microsoft....:)

Chris Marsh

Analyst Programmer
Hansen Corporation
Ph:	(03) 9843 8438
Fax:	(03) 9843 8590


-----Original Message-----
From: Joachim Ansorg [mailto:jockel123@gmx.de]
Sent: Friday, 21 July 2000 9:08
To: bt-devel@crosswire.org
Subject: Re: [bt-devel] BibleTime versions


Hi Chris!

Thank you for your opinion. 
I think we should rename 0.4 to 1.0.
Does everybody  agree?

> Microsoft went from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95!  (I know, not a good
> example)

Never trust a OS with more than one 0 in it: See Windows 2000 (jump from 98 
to 2000 ;-)

> Seriously though, version numbers are just that, numbers.  They have no
> real bearing on what a customers view of software is.  Currently at work,
> we are up to 6.8.3, we use Oracle Database 7.3.4.4.0., I use Windows NT
4.0
> Service Pack 5 Build 1381.  All customers think about is the magical first
> number. The rest don't matter and are really for the developers.  People
> won't care if we go from 0.3beta1 or 0.3final to 1.0 (most won't even
> know).  Although I know of some companies who released software at version
> 3.4 or something to make it look like a mature product........not very
> ethical.

Microsoft for example (AFAIK they released Excel starting with 2.0). We 
started with 0.1 ;-)

> God Bless us, every one.
>
> Chris Marsh
>
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--Joachim