John Beckett ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
 
> The bottom line: Always ignore version codes when selecting which you
> will install.  Base your decision on what people (the ones you trust)
> tell you about each version.  For instance: HP announced Q-MIT as the
> most carefully checked bug-free version of MPE ever.  Well, Q-delta-2
> actually was.
>
> Just my $.01999998 worth (who took my 486?)
 
With the Express Release system, HP "appears" to have read Bob Greens
paper on software engineering.  In my imagined perfect world, we would
receive 3-4 revisions of MPE in a year, each with a small number of
enhancements.  Major tricks (like >4 gig files) would come out with
major releases.
 
And, of course, each release would be *numbered* in sequence (.1, .2)
 
. . . unless the releases are tracked on a Pentium (.1, .7, .003)
 
ps: Anyone who has not read Bob's paper should do so before staring any
new software projects.
 
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