Thomas Seeling wrote in a message to Peter Fitzsimmons:

 PF> The version "3.0" in warp was a last minute change by
marketers...if you
 PF> ask warp what version it is (DosGetVersion()) it will return 2.3.

 TS> Then why did the beta versions report 2.99?

That number broke a lot of programs, so the number was lowered.

 TS> I think the reason for the strange version numbering scheme
 TS> (20.30) is that too many code relies on _osmajor==20
 TS> (instead of >=) to distinguish 2.x from 1.x. 

A surprising number of programs do this, including old MS LAN Manager.

 TS> Any suggestions yet what merlin will look like to
 TS> programmers? Will it be 20.40? 

I assume this is up in the air at the moment, but I would expect so.
 
-- Mike


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