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From: rs@mirror.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Posting of 2.10.3 "problems"
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Date: Sun, 30-Mar-86 15:51:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 30 15:51:00 1986
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>/* Written 12:42 pm  Mar 26, 1986 by rick@seismo.UUCP in mirror:net.news.b */
>So why is my Sun 3 running "3.0PILOT"?
>Is Pilot before or after Beta test?
>It seems sun like to use obscure naming conventions too.
>--rick

Okay, you haven't seen any software my company wrote, so I'll re-state
Bill Shannon's complaint:  all you're doing is adding another level of
confusing numbering.  And, if Carl@Pyramid is right that more than half
the Bay Area (Calif) sites are running "some version" of 10.3, then you're
doomed before you start:  calling it an alpha or beta test is a joke,
and if it's "some version" then you're really doomed:  how are you gonna
get a central version and convert everyone over.

Not that I don't appreciate your efforts (h*ll, and I even run notes!), but
the point is valid and you guys should try to address it.  Sniping like
this is stupid.

--
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