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[Jeffrey Nonken]

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:34:54 -0500, "Loomis, Rip" <GILBERT.R.LOOMIS at saic.com>
wrote:

> I have it on good authority that the reason for the change was that
> HP-UX was all the way up to version 10.x (with 11.x on the way), while
> Solaris was only 2.x.  Some marketeer "perceived" that customers would
> be more likely to buy Solaris if the version number was similar to the
> HP-UX version number.  That would imply that Solaris was "just as good"
> ...since obviously technical factors wouldn't be taken into account.

Yep. Ever notice that Word went from version 2 directly to version 6, not
long
after WordPerfect reached version 6? It's not the first time this has
happened, nor will it be the last.

> Bleh.

Can't argue with that one.

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