Originally posted by surfar But a number 051 and 1.00 may not be different or could be by quite a bit...as i said
Anything less than 1.0 is beta at best. It is not possible to know the sub-1.0 version numbering scheme; industry practice for software development is highly variable. That being said, the first fractional digit might be assumed to be a milestone release with those to the right of that being open ended (i.e. 0.5, 0.51, 0.52...0.535, 0.536) or any number of possible schemes. Once the release milestone is attained, the versioning rolls over to 1.0.
Originally posted by Rondec but the reality is that once you get this close to release, there are few major tweaks that will be done.
That is very true, though it says nothing about the stability of units available for pre-release marketing. I would expect that the firmware/hardware deemed "good enough and
stable"* is what is shown and that nothing better will be revealed until the actual release. In other words, what is being shown is likely the state of development several weeks before the public unveiling, despite ongoing work to a release version. In all likelihood, the release firmware is probably already set and flashed onto the first wave of production waiting for shipment.
Steve
* Stable is the keyword here. Slow is better that fast with high potential for crash. Fast can come later.