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Yes but How do you know which cat or geological feature corresponds to which version number?

by ant6n 4y ago

Edd314159 4y ago
How do you know which Windows came first: XP, ME, Vista, 98, 10? I mean even when Apple uses sequential, numerical names you can't always answer the question of which came first: the iPhone 8 and iPhone X (10) were announced ~simultaneously! And there wasn't even a 9! My point is it really doesn't matter which big cat or California landmark came first. It's trivial to find out if you want to, but it's not terribly important to encode that in the name you're using to identify your product.
- mindracer 4y ago
  To be fair Microsoft have moved some number for the last 4 releases of Windows
- ihatepython 4y ago
  Well, 98 is higher than 10. But perhaps they should adopt a chicken-egg naming scheme.
codetrotter 4y ago
> How do you know which cat or geological feature corresponds to which version number? You don't need to know that. It does not matter. These human names are for marketing. They have no significance other than that.
- dingaling 4y ago
  > You don't need to know that. It does not matter. When a vendor says "we are dropping support for MacOS High Sierra and earlier" then it does matter. Does that include Big Sur? Catalina? Mavericks ? One has to go and look up the corresponding version numbers to determine that.
  - codetrotter 4y ago
    Every software vendor of any significant size knows to use version numbers of macOS, not just marketing names of macOS, when communicating that kind of information. Here are some random examples taken from some of the software that I use on my systems. JetBrains CLion system requirements: > macOS 10.14 or later https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/installation-guide.html https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/installation-guide.html System requirements for using Slack > MacOS OS X 10.15 or above https://slack.com/help/articles/115002037526-System-requirements-for-using-Slack https://slack.com/help/articles/115002037526-System-requirem... Davinci Resolve 18 Tech Specs > Mac 10.15 Catalina or later. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/techspecs/W-DRE-12 https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/tec... Mac Compatibility with Live – Live 11 – Live Universal build > Apple Silicon: macOS 11.6.6 Big Sur through macOS 13 Ventura https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001261150-Mac-Compatibility-with-Live https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001261150-Mac-...
    - hgsgm 4y ago
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sbuk 4y ago
Apple? https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201260 https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201260 Wikipedia? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_version_history#Releases https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_version_history#Releas...

Yes but How do you know which cat or geological feature corresponds to which version number?

by ant6n 4y ago

Yes but How do you know which cat or geological feature corresponds to which version number?

How do you know which Windows came first: XP, ME, Vista, 98, 10? I mean even when Apple uses sequential, numerical names you can't always answer the question of which came first: the iPhone 8 and iPhone X (10) were announced ~simultaneously! And there wasn't even a 9! My point is it really doesn't matter which big cat or California landmark came first. It's trivial to find out if you want to, but it's not terribly important to encode that in the name you're using to identify your product.

mindracer 4y ago
To be fair Microsoft have moved some number for the last 4 releases of Windows
ihatepython 4y ago
Well, 98 is higher than 10. But perhaps they should adopt a chicken-egg naming scheme.

codetrotter 4y ago

> How do you know which cat or geological feature corresponds to which version number? You don't need to know that. It does not matter. These human names are for marketing. They have no significance other than that.

dingaling 4y ago
> You don't need to know that. It does not matter. When a vendor says "we are dropping support for MacOS High Sierra and earlier" then it does matter. Does that include Big Sur? Catalina? Mavericks ? One has to go and look up the corresponding version numbers to determine that.
- codetrotter 4y ago
  Every software vendor of any significant size knows to use version numbers of macOS, not just marketing names of macOS, when communicating that kind of information. Here are some random examples taken from some of the software that I use on my systems. JetBrains CLion system requirements: > macOS 10.14 or later https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/installation-guide.html https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/installation-guide.html System requirements for using Slack > MacOS OS X 10.15 or above https://slack.com/help/articles/115002037526-System-requirements-for-using-Slack https://slack.com/help/articles/115002037526-System-requirem... Davinci Resolve 18 Tech Specs > Mac 10.15 Catalina or later. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/techspecs/W-DRE-12 https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/tec... Mac Compatibility with Live – Live 11 – Live Universal build > Apple Silicon: macOS 11.6.6 Big Sur through macOS 13 Ventura https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001261150-Mac-Compatibility-with-Live https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001261150-Mac-...
  - hgsgm 4y ago
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sbuk 4y ago

Apple? https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201260 https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201260 Wikipedia? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_version_history#Releases https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_version_history#Releas...