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Ubuntu 8.04

Posted May 6, 2008 2:37 UTC (Tue) by jamesh (subscriber, #1159)
In reply to: Ubuntu 8.04 by JoeBuck
Parent article: Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared (InformationWeek)

The problem here is with people rather than computers.  The version numbers look like normal
decimal numbers, and people know that 8.4 is greater than 8.10.

By using 8.04 instead, the ambiguity goes away.

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Ubuntu 8.04

Posted May 6, 2008 9:32 UTC (Tue) by Los__D (subscriber, #15263) [Link]

IMHO the problem is someone defining x.1x > x.2 in the first place...