[bt-devel] BibleTime versions

[Chris Marsh]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Hoyt [mailto:jeff@jhoyt.faithweb.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 19 July 2000 9:22
To: bt-devel@crosswire.org
Subject: Re: [bt-devel] BibleTime versions


On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Hi Jeff!
>
> > IMHO, as soon as printing is implemented, BT will be ready to be
released
> > as 1.0.  At the present rate, it will have to wash dishes before it gets
> > released as 1.0!  ;-)
> > Seriously, it would be a morale boost for all involved, as well as
> > present it to book licencers and potential distributors as a mature,
> > capable product (which it will be very soon), rather than a fly-by-night
> > hack. Isn't Sword up to 1.5.1?  BT is 1.0 quality software, and needs to
> > be released as such.
>
> IMHO we could do 1.0 afetr 0.3, but it's a huge "jump"  about version
> numbers. This is not good everytime.

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

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.

God Bless us, every one.

Chris Marsh


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