I remember kernel v.0.99pl13...  Back then it seemed that everything Linux was version < 1.0.  Stuff was solid then too.  I had one crash in four years.  Comparing with Windows 3.1, 3.2, etc., I was almost thinking that any software version higher than 1.0 couldn't be any good.  (And so we all learn and learn.)



From: Curt Mills <hacker@fluke.com>
To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org>
Date: 11/02/2009 01:11 PM
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Keeping iptables in sync across multiple machines
Sent by: centos-bounces@centos.org





On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Bowie Bailey wrote:

> mark wrote:
>> *I* would *never* put something that was under 1.0 (actually, 1.0.1) into
>> production.
>
> Keep in mind that version numbers are often fairly arbitrary (esp. on
> open source projects).

True.  Anyone remember this one?  0.99pl92

That's a linux kernel from the time when Linus just would _not_ bump
it up to v1.0 and move on.  He stayed with 0.99 versions for a
lonnnnnnng time.

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