[bt-devel] BibleTime versions

[Joachim Ansorg]

Hi Chris!

I'm wondering what "Analyst programmers" do. Do you want to tell it ;-) ?
I hope it's not annoying for you that I ask this.  I'm just curious.

Thank you!

--Joachim


Am Fre, 21 Jul 2000 schrieben Sie:
> I never trust software from Microsoft....:)
>
> Chris Marsh
>
> Analyst Programmer
> Hansen Corporation
> Ph:	(03) 9843 8438
> Fax:	(03) 9843 8590
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joachim Ansorg [mailto:jockel123@gmx.de]
> Sent: Friday, 21 July 2000 9:08
> To: bt-devel@crosswire.org
> Subject: Re: [bt-devel] BibleTime versions
>
>
> Hi Chris!
>
> Thank you for your opinion.
> I think we should rename 0.4 to 1.0.
> Does everybody  agree?
>
> > Microsoft went from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95!  (I know, not a good
> > example)
>
> Never trust a OS with more than one 0 in it: See Windows 2000 (jump from 98
> to 2000 ;-)
>
> > 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.
>
> Microsoft for example (AFAIK they released Excel starting with 2.0). We
> started with 0.1 ;-)
>
> > God Bless us, every one.
> >
> > Chris Marsh
> >
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