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Subject: Re: FreeWin95 Project
Date: 13 Feb 1997 13:58:21 GMT
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In article <33023654 DOT 10CF AT autodesk DOT com>, Daniel Yu <daniel DOT yu AT autodesk DOT com> writes:
|> If memory serves, Word for Windows jumped from v2 to v5 because MS was
|> trying to synch version numbers between it and Word for Mac, which was
|> on v4.  Not a great reason for version numbering, admittedly.  But there
|> was a reason.
|> 

Yeah, whatever.  Word for Windows jumped to v6 (there was no version 5) to sync
up with WordPerfect, which was at 6 at the same time.  It was a psychological
thing.  Most people would tend to buy a product with a higher version number.

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