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Re: Version inflation
*ahem*

Here's StarOffice 7:
http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.xml

The current version is 7, so they're not skipping versions.

As far as major vs minor versions go, it's up to them whether they think the changes are major enough to warrant a change to the major number.

OK, so they increment the major number faster than you're comfy with - how is that being "dishonest"? The numbering does seem to follow a pattern, after all: They incremented it when OpenOffice.org went from 1.0 to 1.1, and I'm sure they'll do it again when OpenOffice.org releases their next stable version.

The truth is they do, in fact, have a rhyme & reason for incrementing the number. Sure, you're uncomfortable with it, but since when did your discomfort translate to them being "dishonest"?

And oh, yes, the 2.0 of OpenOffice.org is a pretty big change, as it includes a completely new database application instead of the previous version where the database functionality was extremely limited.
Posted by: CobraA1   Posted on: 08/15/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Bogus reporting... sigh...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/12/05
WRONG!  vdraken | 08/12/05
Where you been? Geez...  quietLee | 08/12/05
Even mo' for the homie  quietLee | 08/12/05
Ummm..  vdraken | 08/12/05
Buy yourself a clue. PLEASE  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/12/05
OK, for those who didn't understand No_Axe . . .  CobraA1 | 08/12/05
OpenOffice is more than a way for the community to be involved.  DonnieBoy | 08/12/05
So your a big NotePad user huh?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/13/05
When you have a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail, eh?  CobraA1 | 08/14/05
There is no fork, they are both based on the same code base.  DonnieBoy | 08/12/05
Version inflation  John L. Ries | 08/12/05
Well, yes, and if Linux were a comercial product, we would be on version 12  DonnieBoy | 08/12/05
Interestingly enough...  John L. Ries | 08/12/05
Maybe not...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/13/05
Except...  John L. Ries | 08/13/05
Just try to find...  Fred Fredrickson | 08/14/05
Huh? I have copies of them.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/14/05
Word, not M$ Office  kls@... | 08/18/05
Re: Version inflation  CobraA1 | 08/15/05
Re: Version inflation  John L. Ries | 08/15/05
I really wonder what will be in it...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/13/05
perhaps  CobraA1 | 08/13/05
XML script?  Fred Fredrickson | 08/14/05
No, script to import and export XML  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/14/05

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