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>Don't get me started on the moron that decided to call NT 5 Windows 2000. I can't even count how many times I've had to explain to people that Windows 2000 is not the next version of Win98. Since when did every new version of a product need a brand new name? I know, I know- 'Marketing research has shown... blah blah blah'.
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>Now calling VS7 VS.NET seems to make a _little_ more sense, because it's more a new product than a version.next. :-)
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MS was not the first company to do this. In my Clipper days we had to make sure we had "Summer '87, the 2:00 AM version".