Re: Phrasing question

[Alexia Prendergast <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM>]

Just to confuse things further, I prefer
"version x.x or later"

;)
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Alexia Prendergast
Senior Technical Writer
Seagate Software
alexiap -at- sems -dot- com

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>From:  John Bell[SMTP:jbell -at- PARAGREN -dot- COM]
>Sent:  Tuesday, June 24, 1997 10:07 AM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Phrasing question
>
>I have an on again/off again disagreement with a few marketing folks over
>how to specify the operating system requirements for our software.
>The issue is which word best describes the range of existing or possible
>version numbers: higher, greater, or newer.
>
>Which phrasing do you prefer:
>
>* Sun Solaris, version 2.4 or higher
>* Sun Solaris, version 2.4 or greater
>* Sun Solaris, version 2.4 or newer
>
>Is there a better word or phrase for this concept?
>
>Thank you!
>
>--- John Bell
>    jbell -at- paragren -dot- com
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