Version inflation (was: Red Hat's Bluecurve (was: ...))

[John Abreau]

Paul Iadonisi <pri.nhlug at iadonisi.to> writes:

>   Well, unless Sun plans on having 'uname -r' return 5.99 or some such
> nonsense, there is little choice.  And six probably isn't the best

SunOS 5.99 would be a long way off, in any case. The next release after
5.9 would be 5.10. Remember, this is not a floating-point number, it's 
two separate numbers joined with a dot. Think "5->9" or "5::9" if that 
makes it clearer.


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