Is it frowned upon to release your software with a version number high than 1?
For example, some non tech-savy people might see a competitor’s product with a higher version number as meaning my software is not as good.
Share
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
Is it frowned upon to release your software with a version number high than 1?
For example, some non tech-savy people might see a competitor’s product with a higher version number as meaning my software is not as good.
I believe there are 3 major ways people market product versions:
I actuall prefer the release year as part of the versioning strategy, it lets your customers know what the latest version of a product is, general age of the release and using the 2008.1 type of number, you know the release is a revision (i.e. Service Pack).
If you still decide to go with a version number, I see no harm in starting with 1.1, that is what we always did at my old place of employ…