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Java 1.5.0 Now Officially Java 5.0

Posted by timothy on from the these-version-numbers-you-could-leap-to dept.

Quantum Jim writes "In a move which out-does Netscape's one-version number skip and Winamp's two-numbers skip, Sun has announced that the upcoming Java2 release will be marketed as version 5.0, skipping three-and-a-half numbers. Can version 6.022E23 be far behind? Thanks to David Flanagan for the heads-up."

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  1. Thats nothing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Microsoft skipped from 98 to 2000!

  2. Slackware Linux by mslinux · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Reminds me of when Slackware Linux jumped from version 4 to version 7.

    http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=genera l#0

  3. Re:Other Famous Version Number Skips by Jugalator · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Err...

    95, 98, and 2000 are all referrals to years, not version numbers.

    Windows 95 = Windows 4.00.950
    Windows 98 = Windows 4.10.1998
    Windows 2000 = Windows 5.00.2195

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  4. Re:Other Famous Version Number Skips by operagost · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The fact that 16bit Windows was at 3.1 at that point is irrelevent.
    No, it's not. It's relevant to marketing.
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