Re: Version Numbering - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Version Numbering
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Msg-id 1282343633.9325.14.camel@jd-desktop.iso-8859-1.charter.com
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In response to Re: Version Numbering  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 18:10 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Maybe we can give marketing brand names to every new version so people
> > is not confused by numbers...
> 
> Ah, yes. Because it's so intuitive that Windows 7 comes after Windows 95... :-)

Not really a comparable argument. I find it interesting that people are
making logical arguments about something that is clearly not in the
logical realm. This is marketing people. 

Windows 7 works because it is > than Windows Vista. It sounds, looks and
feels greater. It also certainly doesn't hurt that they have billions
for marketing.

JD


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