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Re: Versionflation

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: Versionflation
Date	2026-01-17 06:10 +0000
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 04:37:37 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2026-01-16, Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 1/16/26 12:55 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> Do you know of any other examples?
>>
>> The Macintosh operating system, which was stuck at 10 for over a decade
>> until they went to yearly releases and dropped the X
> 
> Windows 3.0, 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, XP, 7...

We made it to 4.4 and stayed there for about 15 years. We didn't utter the 
words 'rolling release' but that is what it was. The majono, minorno, 
revno, aand patchno were displayed on the title bar of the GUIs but I 
don't remember a client asking about it.

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Versionflation Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-16 08:55 +0000
  Re: Versionflation Niklas Karlsson <nikke.karlsson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-16 11:43 +0000
  Re: Versionflation Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2026-01-16 08:05 -0800
    Re: Versionflation David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-01-16 21:06 +0000
      Re: Versionflation ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2026-01-16 22:48 +0000
        Re: Versionflation Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-16 23:35 +0000
    Re: Versionflation Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-01-17 04:37 +0000
      Re: Versionflation rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-17 06:10 +0000
      Re: Versionflation Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-17 10:33 +0000
        Re: Versionflation John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2026-01-17 21:19 +0000
          Re: Versionflation Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-01-18 01:35 +0000
            Re: Versionflation ~pasnec-salmyr <pasnec-salmyr@email.invalid> - 2026-02-04 22:36 +0000
              Re: Versionflation Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-05 09:03 +0000
                Re: Versionflation John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-02-05 08:26 -0800
                Re: Versionflation Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-02-05 10:43 -0700
                Re: Versionflation John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-02-05 10:09 -0800
                Re: Versionflation Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-05 22:25 +0000
                Re: Versionflation ~pasnec-salmyr <pasnec-salmyr@email.invalid> - 2026-02-06 00:07 +0000
                Re: Versionflation Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-06 04:57 +0000
                Re: Versionflation Bill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2026-02-07 21:48 +0000
                Re: Versionflation Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-02-09 12:32 +0000
                Re: Versionflation Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-09 21:54 +0000
      Re: Versionflation Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-01-17 06:53 -0500
        Re: Versionflation ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2026-01-17 17:39 +0000
  Re: Versionflation rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-16 17:25 +0000

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