JE McGimpsey wrote:
> In article <exwkwXttIHA.1236@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Phillip Jones <pjones1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> What we had as an update was the 130 some mb Patch from 12 to 12.01
>>
>> Them the 12.10 to 12.10 180 mb file, is what MS calls a service pack
>> (SP) everyone else calls a major Upgrade.
>
> Hmmm... I don't know *anyone* calling it an Upgrade, much less a major
> one. From the Mactopia Downloads site:
>
> This update contains several improvements
>
>> Then what come when the go from
>> 12 to 13(14) or 2012 is a complete version upgrade.
>
> In MS (and Apple, and nearly every other major software developer)
> terms, ALL upgrades are "version upgrades".
>
> "Upgrade" implies major changes and new features, and generally must be
> purchased.
>
> Updates are nearly always free, and contain bug fixes and minor feature
> changes.
>
>> What one shoots for is a two year turn over. But reality is it could be
>> anywhere from 2-6 years. :-)
>
> Now it's 6? Philip! You're just making this crap up! There's never even
> been an interval as long as *4* full years in the 24+ years since MacXL
> and MacWord first appeared.
Even MVP's and MS has called 12.01 to 12.01 major bug fixes and
improvements. In my eyes that an upgrade. It may not have been a for pay
upgrade but an upgrade it appears. To me when you have a complete
version name change (11, 12, 13, 14) that's a version change.
You can hve minor updates that addresses 1 or two items. but 130mb nor
180 mb to me isn't a minor patch.
the first time I saw word/excel in was 95 (version 6 for word , version
5 for Excel.
The next I heard of was 97 for PC and 98 for Mac, then there was 2001
for Mac and 2000 for PC 2001 was the first that worked with either a OS9
system or OSX. I didn't get on the OSX band wagon until OSX.2 and That
killed my use of Word 6 Excel 5 so I bought 2001. I stayed with that
until I could buy 2004 now I bought 2008 when it was availble.
so I bought word/excel 95, then Office 2001, then 2004, now 2008.
that 6 six year, 3 years, 4 years. maybe they were published sooner or
later but they were available. I skipped X because it was just basically
a worked over 2001 and was considered very buggy.
Anyway. doesn't really matter. All, software companies say they shoot
for 2 year turn around. Apple isn't without fault they fudged the
deadline on OSX.5 for 6 months and didn't look for bugs like they should
have. One reason why I haven't purchased it yet. may not for another year.
So don't be so defensive about MS. Every software company does it.
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