Version numbers are such a mess as to be meaningless. Chrome advances in major version every few minutes, does it bring significant change? Linux was stuck at v

Version numbers are such a mess as to be meaningless. Chrome advances in major version every few minutes, does it bring significant change? Linux was stuck at version 2.6 for a decade, while undergoing turbulent change and progress. X11 from 1987 is very different from 2013's X11, part of the name notwithstanding.