MacOS according to other metrics tho. ... https://xkcd.com/1056/
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Pfff my systemd is version 255.2-2, I am lightyears ahead.
This, but unironically used as a marketing trick:
There was no v1 of Oracle Database, as co-founder Larry Ellison "knew no one would want to buy version 1"
That's why the first Oracle database is v2.
Linux just moved out of 5.x.x hell. Well catch up soon
But number must go up!
I recall at one point Windows 10 was going to be the last version of the OS and they would just maintain that. I'm wondering if they said that to get the last of the Windows 7 and XP users to finally move to 10?
My version is 20240107. Apple has some catching up to do.
Pffff. You losers actually think Linux is better? IBM OS/2 FTW FUCKAHS. 😎
(/s obv)
OS/2 was great in its time. I'd very much like to see it open sourced, even though IBM has repeatedly refused.
That would be so awesome if it were open-sourced!
We don't have a consistent convention as to what changes qualify for a version increment rather than update increment. A new kernel? A new interface convention? New icons for the mini-apps?
Windows 10 has more plug-and-play drivers than Win7 and Win8. It can recognize newer hardware and it can be installed natively from thumb drives. So a lot of features that were third party are now offical... long after I had access to the third-party libraries.
But then it combines the metro and the start menu. I never found a use for the metro.
Win11 is less operability and more DRM and more spyware.
For Apple and Microsoft, a new version is a new marketing season. It's the same as the new iPhone, the new Subaru.
I assume Linux builds increment with significant operability additions, especially if they're not fully backwards compatible. Since they're released without charge the capacity to do more stuff is the only reason to upgrade to a new increment rather than preserving a stable version.
You are taking this dumb joke way too seriously.
I get that a lot.
Windows will reach 12 this year. Double score!
Tips Fedora 39
hey. Nobara 39
Browsers compared themselves with this metric for a while, but they had to stop before they reached an integer overflow.