Software numbering is not decimal, it doesn't follow 1,2,3,4,5 etc for instance, if you look here http://www.gaijin.at/en/lstwinver.php you'll see windows 7 is actually version 6.1.7601, where windows 8 has several versions, the latest one on that list being 6.3.9600.
So yes, windows 7 and 8 are both version 6, not sure what windows 10 is, it's not listed there and I didn't look very hard for other info.
But Minecraft could well be in the 1.x.x series of numbers for years. The problem is, Notch didn't follow "normal" numbering systems that most software uses, and had alpha and beta releases with their own numbering, which usually isn't done. The next major version of Minecraft will most likely be 1.11, then 1.12, etc, I doubt very much they will make it Minecraft 2.0 very soon, if at all.
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Versioning isn't numeric, period. The next version could actually be 1.14 or even 2.0, it could even be something textual that turns into the next internet meme that takes social media by storm (Minecraft n.ext anyone?)
Yeah, it's pretty much whatever the developer(s) feel like calling it. Then when you get marketing people involved, you get things like Corel Draw X3 because calling it Corel Draw 13 would be unlucky, because superstitious people won't buy something with the number 13 on it. Ridiculous....
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Nothing ridiculous about not excluding potential customers. From a strictly business perspective, defying a demographic for the sake of making a statement is a great way to lose a lot of money.
Why are new versions 1.1X and not 2.X ?
Because 2.0 might imply that it is a second version of the game, e.g. Minecraft 2. That's just a guess. I'm glad it's 1.10
Software numbering is not decimal, it doesn't follow 1,2,3,4,5 etc for instance, if you look here http://www.gaijin.at/en/lstwinver.php you'll see windows 7 is actually version 6.1.7601, where windows 8 has several versions, the latest one on that list being 6.3.9600.
So yes, windows 7 and 8 are both version 6, not sure what windows 10 is, it's not listed there and I didn't look very hard for other info.
But Minecraft could well be in the 1.x.x series of numbers for years. The problem is, Notch didn't follow "normal" numbering systems that most software uses, and had alpha and beta releases with their own numbering, which usually isn't done. The next major version of Minecraft will most likely be 1.11, then 1.12, etc, I doubt very much they will make it Minecraft 2.0 very soon, if at all.
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To tell them how to live is to prevent them living.
Versioning isn't numeric, period. The next version could actually be 1.14 or even 2.0, it could even be something textual that turns into the next internet meme that takes social media by storm (Minecraft n.ext anyone?)
Yeah, it's pretty much whatever the developer(s) feel like calling it. Then when you get marketing people involved, you get things like Corel Draw X3 because calling it Corel Draw 13 would be unlucky, because superstitious people won't buy something with the number 13 on it. Ridiculous....
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To tell them how to live is to prevent them living.
Nothing ridiculous about not excluding potential customers. From a strictly business perspective, defying a demographic for the sake of making a statement is a great way to lose a lot of money.
The "decimals" are just simply to separate the numbers of revisions, with the ones further to the right being less significant updates.
I'd say that in most cases, the leftmost number usually only increments when going from a beta version to a "full release".
Basically, going from 0.whatever to 1.0.
Going from 1.whatever to 2.0 would most likely warrant a major overhaul that might as well make it an entirely different product.
That's how I view it, anyway. Based on my observations of this sort of thing.