Re: The Next Version Number?
- From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:40:18 -0400
Except an history for example.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: The Next Version Number?
> James will probably give me heck but here goes an easy to figure out if you
> should use an a or the word an. A comes before a word beginning with a
> consanant such as "a car" while an comes before a word beginning with a
> vowel such as "an apple". Judith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cy" <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 11:02 AM
> Subject: RE: The Next Version Number?
>
>
> > Despite all of the nonsense, I beg to differ with Dave Durber.
> > The Jaws upgrades are always indefinite articles.
> > Cy, the Ancient okie....
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Angel
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:54 AM
> > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: The Next Version Number?
> >
> >
> > What is fancy English? How is that different from correct English? I
> > understand there is formal and informal English, both are correct, but
> > what is meant by fancy English? I repeat judgment should not be made
> > because people can't write well but I think they should realize their
> > handicap and try to learn better.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: The Next Version Number?
> >
> >
> > > Jim,
> > > I don't know anyone at all, not a single person, who does that. Let's
> > just
> > > drop it. I haven't heard that since eighth grade or so. Please don't
> >
> > > mistake ordinary correct English for "fancy" English. How did you
> > > learn
> > to
> > > read and write? With print or with Braille or with audio?
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jim Grimsby" <jimgrims@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:18 AM
> > > Subject: RE: The Next Version Number?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you duly noted. I suspect that the rest of the list did not
> > > feel in need of a grammar lesson but I am always welcoming new
> > > information. By the way how many people do you know that say an while
> > > they are talking? A email usually is written in conversational
> > > English. And with abbreviated langwige as below. Hth
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > > Behalf Of Dave Durber
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:39 AM
> > > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: The Next Version Number?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Jim:
> > >
> > > Swap the letter A as in "a upgrade" for the word an as in "an
> > > upgrade".
> > >
> > > The way that you are using the letter A in your messages, makes the
> > > upgrade sound as if an upgrade is an indefinite article, which it is
> > > not.
> > >
> > > sincerely:
> > >
> > > Dave Durber
> > >
> > > On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:56:03 -0700, you wrote:
> > >
> > > >No this is not true
> > > >It is not always true that a update must be free. A update is always
> >
> > > >a major version change from 6 to 7 an update it a change in the point
> >
> > > >it has nothing to do with the cost of the program. Hth
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > > >Behalf Of Chipmunks
> > > >Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 2:46 PM
> > > >To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >Subject: RE: The Next Version Number?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >With previous versions of jaws, e.g. 3.5 to 3.7.x or 4.0.x to 4.5.x,
> > > >an upgrade was one where the number behind the period changed. It was
> >
> > > >only
> > >
> > > >with jaws 5.x and 6.x that an upgrade was a change from 5.x to 6.x
> > > >and now from 6.x to 7.x.
> > > >
> > > >I think it depends on the companies policcy and version numbering. An
> >
> > > >upgrade counts against a sma, a minor update does not.
> > > >
> > > >Cheers,
> > > >
> > > >Doris
> > > >
> > > >At 10:00 AM 6/20/2005 -0700, you wrote:
> > > >>Hi,
> > > >>A upgraid in software terms is when the version number it self
> > > >>before the point changes so a upgrade is 6 to 7. A update on a
> > > >>program is anything that causes the version number after the point
> > > >>to change so a
> > >
> > > >>update is 6.0 6.1 and so on Hth
> > > >>-----Original Message-----
> > > >>From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > > >>Behalf Of Yardbird
> > > >>Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 7:45 AM
> > > >>To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >>Subject: Re: The Next Version Number?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>Hi Margaret,
> > > >>
> > > >>Just read Eric's own message here, giving the details of changes in
> > > >>the
> > > >
> > > >>update. Why is everyone discussing this in the first place? Weeks
> > > >>ago,
> > > >>
> > > >>someone mentioned that an update would soon be coming out, and that
> > > >>Eric had announced it at a convention. This was very clearly the
> > > >>announcement of an interim update, which is a regular sort of thing.
> >
> > > >>I believed it and didn't
> > > >>give it another thought until the list became alive with rumors and
> > > >>questions, back and forth. This could have been due to only two
> > > >things.
> > > >>
> > > >>One, maybe people aren't reading their list messages. Two, maybe
> > > >>some people don't know the difference between the terms "update" and
> >
> > > >>"upgrade."
> > > >>
> > > >>They are not synonyms. They don't mean the same thing. An update
> > > >>is a
> > > >
> > > >>free modification to the current version of the program. An upgrade
> >
> > > >>is
> > > >
> > > >>a new
> > > >>
> > > >>version or new release, whichever term you prefer.
> > > >>
> > > >>Hope this helps.
> > > >>----- Original Message -----
> > > >>From: "Margaret Thomas" <iluvtoread@xxxxxxx>
> > > >>To: "jfw" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >>Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 4:09 AM
> > > >>Subject: Fw: The Next Version Number?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>Here is a post from Eric at FS clarifying the confusion about the
> > > >>next release of JAWS. Margaret
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>----- Original Message -----
> > > >>From: "Eric Damery" <EricD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >>To: <Jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >>Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 6:56 AM
> > > >>Subject: RE: The Next Version Number?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>During the next two weeks, we will post another Free Update for JAWS
> >
> > > >>6.x users. This will be version 6.2 and in addition to many
> > > >>requested fixes, it will offer the ability to let a PAC Mate user
> > > >>control their PC and Desktop JAWS. This will include Keyboard in
> > > >>put, synthesizer, and Braille output all from the PAC Mate BX or QX
> > > >>models. There will
> > > be
> > > >
> > > >>more details on this shortly.
> > > >>
> > > >>Following that, will be an SMA release in September. This will be
> > > >>the version 7.0. Regards, Eric
> > > >>
> > > >>
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