Version numbers usually mean this but can mean anything. At my work for example my boss has a habbit of calling the first release of anything .1 instead of .0 to make people think their not installing beta. Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jewel Blanch" <j.blanch@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:21 PM Subject: version numbers > On another list, I have just been reading a message in which the questioner > was asking what the version number meant. It was explained that the first > number refers to the program, the second to any minor updates that have been > made, and the third to bug fixes. > I take it, therefore, that JFW5.0.884 must have beena very sick little > cookie when it was first liberated! > > Jewel > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx