Re: *** next draft - press release ***
Michael Meissner (meissner@cygnus.com)
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 07:54:55 -0500
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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