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- Subject: Re: WFW Ver 2.0 2.0a 2.0b 2.0
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.220257.30173@datamark.co.nz>
- From: thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:02:57 GMT
- References: <6350.1099.uupcb@satalink.com>
- Organization: Datamark International Ltd.
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- In article <6350.1099.uupcb@satalink.com> vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco) writes:
- >an entirely new program. MS, or maybe someone else, one
- >day came up with the idea to tack alpha characters onto
- >version numbers when the only "enhancements" were, in
-
- I quite like this system. It allows me to distinguish between bug
- fixes, minor enhahncements and major rewrites.
-
- >Apparently, we're just supposed to keep shelling out the
- >money, to pay 2 and 3 times for what we should have
-
- Well, Microsoft sent me the bug fixes for free. They will undoubtedly
- charge for new versions with improved functionality. This seems fair
- to me - TANSTAAFL.
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