Subj : Re: Off Topic (was: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY) To : Outsider From : R.A.G. Seely Date : Sun Feb 10 2002 04:53 pm From: R.A.G..Seely@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (R.A.G. Seely) Subject: Re: Off Topic (was: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY) From: "R.A.G. Seely" Outsider wrote in news:3C663413.F63E53C5@yahoo.com: > Probably the most common error is 'higher' instead of 'newer', ie. > MSDOS 5.0 or "higher", Windows 95 or "higher". One version cannot > be _higher_ than another, neither physically nor euphorically . Well - 6.0 is "higher" than 5.0, in a reasonably understood numerical sense, but it certainly isn't "newer"! (Do you suppose numbers were created, one per day, or something?) So I don't think your argument is entirely sound here. But I think "greater" might be better. One disadvantage of "newer" is very common - people start to equate greater version numbers with newer versions of the software to such an extent that they do this "across" different products. Hence the nonsense like "you've got to use a version 4 or greater browser to view my site" - when not all browsers use the same numbering system. (Eg, Opera was driven to some artificial number version increases just because there was a perception that its lower version numbers were an indication of supporting fewer features.) -= rags =- -- To reply by email, use "@" not "__A@T__" Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. -- |Fidonet: R.A.G. Seely 1:342/3 | | Origin: The Cereal Port BBS (603)899-3335 199.125.78.133 (1:132/152) --- # Origin: (1:132/152.4) * Origin: Baddog BBS (1:218/903) .