Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 14:26:55 -0500 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "'Mike Harding'" <mvh@ix.netcom.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Version Numbering Message-ID: <000601c0a4e1$1365a800$1401a8c0@zoso> In-Reply-To: <20010304190147.1F5C0E6B0A@netcom1.netcom.com>
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futuristic? uummm... wasn't 2000 last year? can we please kill this thread now? -Otter > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Harding > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 2:02 PM > To: tom@uniserve.com > Cc: ajh3@chmod.ath.cx; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Version Numbering > > > > Let's call it "FreeBSD 2000" so it sounds futuristic. > > Oh... Sorry. :) > > - Mike H. > > Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 09:28:07 -0800 (PST) > From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> > X-Sender: tom@athena.uniserve.ca > Cc: FreeBSD-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Precedence: bulk > > > On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Andrew Hesford wrote: > > > What with all the version inflation going on in the > Linux world, I have > > an idea for FreeBSD. > > > > Forget 4.3-STABLE. Skip to 4.4. And rather than calling > it FreeBSD > > 4.4-STABLE, call it 4.4FreeBSD. That way, we can show > off the roots of > > FreeBSD and make it sound cool, too! > > This discussion already occured over a year ago. Use > the archive. > > > Or, we can stop people from asking, "Why is RedHat in version 7, > > Mandrake almost in version 8, and FreeBSD only in 4?" > (assuming RedHat > > users even know what FreeBSD is). Just call the next > release FreeBSD > > 10.3-STABLE or FreeBSD 2001-STABLE. > > Are people seriously fooled by version numbers? I've > never seen anyone > on this list ask why the version number wasn't bigger. > > > -- > > Andrew Hesford > > ajh3@chmod.ath.cx > > > Tom > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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