What does 0.0.1 mean, compared to the absence of software? You can't compare 0.0.1 to anything if there's no other previous release. Starting at 0.0.1 is at le

What does 0.0.1 mean, compared to the absence of software? You can't compare 0.0.1 to anything if there's no other previous release. Starting at 0.0.1 is at least just as arbitrary as starting at 0.0.0, and your aversion to starting at 0.0.0 suggests you're making implicit assumptions about what the non-existent 0.0.0 means when starting at 0.0.1. But if 0.0.0 doesn't even exist then you can't really make any assumptions about it. At least 0.0.0 is clearly the very first version of something. Starting at 0.0.1 doesn't make clear that there isn't an earlier 0.0.0.