Re: this is getting redundant, isnt it?

[Adam Thayer]

This is precisely why, actually. Steve Jobs said that MacOS X would 
'last us' through the decade at least, which is why it has been 10.x.x 
for 5 years now. Another way to look at it is this:

MacOS x.y.z
x - Major Version Number - Represents a whole new core for the OS.
y - Minor Version Number - Represents new features that are added to 
the OS.
z - Patch Version Number - Represents tuning and other enhancements 
that don't add features.

Granted this only works for versions since 10.0.0, but once you get 
used to it, it makes as much sense as Apple's system before.

On Jul 17, 2004, at 6:34 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Friday, July 16, 2004, at 11:16  PM, Joshua Braddock wrote:
So, with each version release, like 10.1 to  10.2 cost money? why 
didnt they do like what they did with classic os's and do 8.1 costs, 
but 8.2-8.4 doesnt, 8.5 does, 8.6-8.9 doesnt? lol i dont under stand 
that.. so 10.1.1-x is free, but 10.1 to 10.2 isnt. and 10.2 to 10.3 
isnt, and 10.3 to 10.4 isnt
Actually it's exactly like 7.5->7.6->8.0->8.5->9.0
Each of those was a major upgrade, and the in-between releases were 
bug-fixes and minor upgrades.

the differentce between 10.1 and 10.2 is very much like the difference 
between 7.6 and 8.1, or Windows 3.11 and windows 95; a huge 
difference, like they were different OS'es, in fact.

10.3 is a BIG improvement over 10.2.
They fine tuned where to put the decimal place for 10, probably so 
they can use OS X for a lot longer.

That said, there was 10.2.0, .2, .3, .4, .6, and .8, and 10.3.1, .2, 
.3 and .4 all for free.

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