Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Jan 1999 07:54:55 -0500 | From | Michael Meissner <> | Subject | Re: *** next draft - press release *** |
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On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 08:49:14AM +0000, David Howells wrote: > Marcin Dalecki <dalecki@cs.net.pl> wrote: > > Greg Smart wrote: > > > ... > > > Today the software developers led by Linus Torvalds release a major update > > > > Instead of "major update" I think that "major new version of" sounds > > more > > attracting. Bit of exaggerating doesn't hurt... > > Should you also mention that it's fully backwardly compatible with previous > versions, otherwise some people might think they have to chuck the old version > away and totally start from scratch (very much like typical Windows > (re-)installations).
Ah, but it isn't *fully* backwardly compatible with previous versions, otherwise you wouldn't be require to update your command set (ie, otherwise Documentation/Changes would be empty).
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