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If you think they're worth anything, Google search results (with
private results turned off) suggest that "or higher" could also be a
candidate.
"version * or newer" - about 37,700,000 results
"version * or later" - about 956,000,000 results
"version * or higher" - about 885,000,000 results
--Milan DavidoviÄ
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On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Jim Witkin <jameswitkin -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I'm trying to communicate that any version after release 6.0 will work. So
> which sentence is preferred?
>
> "Verify that the firmware version is 6.0 or newer."
> "Verify that the firmware version is 6.0 or later."
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