On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Wayne Dyer wrote:
> Moving from a 6.x to 7.0 isn't an unusual jump. Slackware went through
> some weird numbering, IIRC.
This jump is part of the SlackWare FAQ. See:
http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php3?faq=general#0
> IMO, RedHat was the "instigator". As the most well-known Linux
> distribution, people started referring to RedHat 6.0 as "Linux 6.0" out of
> either ignorance or laziness.
Well, reading the Slackware FAQ, you get the impression that he's talking
about Mandrake Linux. Red Hat has had a very steady release schedule and
versioning system since its beginnings, AFAIK. Look at an ftp site
housing old versions. They're all there from 1.0 to 6.2.
Mandrake started out at 6.0 (??), being based on that version of Red Hat
linux, and has had a faster release schedule. Version jumps have been a
part of many software packages, but NOT Red Hat. Look at Solaris 2.6 ->
7. Windows 3.11 -> 95. Version jumping is by no means a "Linux thing" ;)
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