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Comment Magnet12 (Score 1) 693

by Magnet12 on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @06:36PM (#25391393) Attached to: Do Software Versions Really Matter?

Being a hip grandmother and trying to keep up with technology can be difficult. I am considered educated by some but find myself acutely aware of the outdated programs that grace my bookcase.Having to carry a cellphone for an entire working career can be a real pain.The first one I owned had a battery pack the size of a small suitcase.(NO kidding).What I am politely trying to say is NO,I would not buy anything that said 1.0.Only because I would think the store had it for a while and was trying to get rid of it on grandmothers like myself.Magnet12

Do Software Versions Really Matter? 693

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @05:45PM from the blame-patrick-volkerding dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I work for a rather large software company and I am currently working on a completely new product. So new in fact, that the official name has not even been decided. I had assumed that the version number for this product would be 1.0 (at most). However recently I learned that the Product Managers want to release this NEW product with a version number somewhere between 5.0 and 8.0 because 'there is a stigma about buying 1.0 products. People assume it's no good.' This latest Dilbert-esque comedy routine nearly sent me over the edge. So to gauge my sanity against that of the upper Product Management, I ask the community: Do version numbers play a role in software decisions, or have product version numbers lost all credibility and meaning? Would the community feel comfortable buying version '6.3' software (and paying tens of thousands of dollars for it) knowing that it was the first release of the product?"

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