On 11/2/05, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's not uncommon for branded products to use dates as an identifier. > Microsoft does it all the time. Of course, whether they actually test > those products, I won't venture to say. :)
Sun has tried that branding approach as well on occastion (including the previous version of the product I'm responsible for ... "Sun Java Studio Creator 2004Q2" was *not* my idea :-). But it also doesn't meet user expectations around version numbers -- chiefly the (somewhat theoretical :-) distinction between major and minor updates. Thankfully, our next version will be "Sun Java Studio Creator 2.0". And, I seem to recall Microsoft getting razzed pretty loudly when they almost missed the calendar for Windows 98 and Windows 2000 releases that were very nearly in the following year ... Craig On 11/2/05, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *That* is the characteristic that a nightly build type conglomeration of > > parts does not have, and why such a tested combination needs to be > branded > > as something different than just "here's the set of parts that I pulled > > together on such-and-such a date". > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
