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From: klingspo@mozart.cs.colostate.edu (Steve Klingsporn)
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Subject: Re: Apple Version numbering was Incompatibilities with 7.0x
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Date: 11 Apr 91 22:20:35 GMT
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In article <23104@unix.SRI.COM> mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matt Mora) writes:
>What the heck kind of a version numbering system is responsible for
>this: 7.0f2c2? :-)
>
>What does that mean? Have there been so many version changes that they
>started to use hex numbering? :-)
>
>
>
>Matt

Actually, Matt, it's not Hex.

a= alpha, b=beta, q=quicklook, f=final, c=candidate
They're internal numbering schemes.  The Software that is being talked
about is candidate #2 for System 7.0 final.

Steve