Re: [OT] Re: How much ram is too much

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 08:54:39PM +0200, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake írta:
> >Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
> >>Dave Cramer írta:
> >>>It's an IBM x3850 using linux redhat 4.0
> >>Isn't that a bit old? I have a RedHat 4.2 somewhere
> >>that was bundled with Applixware 3. :-)
> >He means redhat ES/AS 4 I assume.
> I guessed that, hence the smiley.
> But it's very unfortunate that version numbers
> are reused - it can cause confusion.
> There was a RH 4.0 already a long ago,
> when the commercial and the community
> version were the same. I think Microsoft
> will avoid reusing its versions when year 2095 comes. :-)

He should have written RHEL 4.0. RH 4.0 is long enough ago, though,
that I think few would assume it meant the much older release.

You'll find a similar thing with products like "CuteFTP 7.0" or
"CuteFTP Pro 3.0".

Cheers,
mark

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