Comment: Santa, Easter Bunny, versions and hit-counters (Score 1) 693
Guess what, kids: None of them are real.
I know that Computer Associates spent a lot of money evaluating what version number and numbering schemes inspired the most confidence. And I worked for a company back in '94 that published 5.1 as it's first public version. Overtly deceitful - or sound marketing? Is there a difference anymore? Guess not, because I wasn't about to quit over it.
And who said that you had to add '1' to the hit-counter of a web page? Or even that it had to start at zero? Why not start it at 1,147,323 and add 7 for each visitor?
Question everything and trust nothing.