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Re: Was the release of Debian 2.0 put on Linux Announce?



On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, George Bonser wrote:

> The problem with the current versioning system is that people look at
> Debian 2.0 and Red Hat 5.x and S.u.S.E 5.x and Slackware 3.x and figure
> Debian is seriously lagging when it is not.

<humor>
There are two solutions to this problem:
1) change the next release number to 99
2) install windows 98
After all, they have a higher version number, so it must be a superior
product.  
<humor>

Moral of the story, version numbers are specific to the product, don't
bother comparing.

Brandon

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