Product Naming Conventions (letters)

[gnaid~]

Hi,

Just wondering, what is the naming conventions for the versions of the HP-UX products, particularly the letter "A" and "B", for example:

Integrity VM A.03.50HP Integrity Virtual Machines version 3.5

Integrity VM B.04.00HP Integrity Virtual Machines version 4.0

Thanks

[Dennis Handly]

>what is the naming conventions for the versions of the HP-UX products,

At one time they meant different versions of the product.  And the numbers following it would be reset.

[Shane Seymour]

These days a letter change represents a fundamental change in the product.

Ignite for example went from B.6.y.z to C.7.y.z when 11.31 support was introduced. From memory with HPVM it went from A to B when the host OS changed from requiring 11.23 to requiring 11.31. Versions don't usually restart with a letter change these days.

[gnaid~]

10x :)