On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Lee Howard wrote:
> Why the major number change, then? Why not call it RedHat 6.3?
> Calling it RedHat 7.0 seems to lead one to believe that there's a change
> significant enough to warrant the major number progression. What is that
> change, then? XFree86 v4 ?
this is the linux version of the arms race. a number of the major
distributions are right around 7.0. mandrake. suse. so no one
can be perceived as having an outdated product. hence, as soon as
one distributor moves up a version or release number, everyone else
is soon to follow, major changes or not.
rday
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