Re: A85: the 85, where is it?


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Re: A85: the 85, where is it?




> From listown@towerguard.unix.edu.sollentuna.se Mon Aug 11 23:06:53 1997
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> From: "Tom McNicholas" <tmcnich@earthlink.net>
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> Subject: A85: the 85, where is it?
> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 22:51:03 -0400
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> I am wondering (i do that a lot), what happened to the 85? I was really
> excited about new shells and i do say i was dissapointed in USGARD, PhatOS
> is good, size is nice, but Cshell does the job. The libraries are a good
> idea, made so programs don't have to have those commands inside of them,
> and can simply reference the library, great idea! Also work those bugs
> guys, i don't see many references to USGARD bugs anymore, all i see are
> complaints. Andreas can fix these.  Also one thing that just pisses me off
> is this version crap.  0.95b my ass! usually the first publicly released
> version of anything is 1.0 is it not?!?! god, i have this strange feeling
> this is going to get like kali, where we start having 0.95c 0.95d 0.95e
> etc., just make the next one 1.0 already...
> 
> Also about my original statement, where did the 85 go? Look at the
> ticalc.org file updates you may or may not get, i see lately maybe one 85
> assembly prog, the rest are 82, 83, 86, and 92. What happened? Where are
> all these games supposedly being worked on?!
> 
> Also i am anxious on how many of us use these calcs for math i know i
> do...and don't write anything about why don't you program it because I
> don't really have a clue.
> 
> Tom McNicholas
> 
> 
Obviously, you are aware that most software releases do not adopt a version number of 1, until it has been proven to be bug free.  A version number less than one is considered to be beta.