I think it's great to have a date as version number. It indicates how 'old' it is. Linux 2.6.0 is 8 years older than Linux 2.6.38. But it's hard to tell. Linux

I think it's great to have a date as version number. It indicates how 'old' it is. Linux 2.6.0 is 8 years older than Linux 2.6.38. But it's hard to tell. Linux 2003.12 vs Linux 2011.04 tells it all.