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Subject: Re: Is Word4.0 here?
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Date: 18 Apr 89 20:53:40 GMT
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In article <8214@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, fozzard@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Richard Fozzard) writes...

>BTW, what is MultiFinder 6.1a2? Is this some unreleased beta? My
>version from the Sys SW 6.0.2 is "6.0.1". Will Apple ever decide
>to use a version numbering system that makes sense?


MultiFinder 6.1a2 was a release that went together with MPW's SADE (symbolic
debugger).  I believe it has/had some sort of IPC capabilities which were
needed for SADE to work.  I think this version is outdated.  In any case,
System 7.0, which will be out Real Soon Now, should have IPC capabilities, and
much, much more. :->

Apple's numbering system actually does make sense, though I still find it at
times confusing.  I believe it goes like this:

	X.Y.Z*.k

would be: Version X, update Y, maintainance update Z. 

Now for the tricky part:  in this scheme * can be d,a, or b.  "d" is for
"development", and is the earliest stage; "a" is for "alpha", next stage in
development; and "b" is for "beta".  

"k" in this scheme would be, I believe, the internal version number.

Thus, 6.1a2 would be MF Version 6, update 1, alpha version 2.

I think that's how it goes.  Hope that helps.


Robert
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