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Subject:Re: How to Refer to Software Versions ? From:Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 6 May 2016 09:11:13 -0400
I tend to use "Foo will run on version 6.0 or newer."
BUT Microsoft Manual of Style calls for "later" in this case.
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Stuckey, Ginger <X2BVSHEW -at- southernco -dot- com>
wrote:
> Current version.
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> G.
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> When software is updated, how do you refer to the new version? For example,
> if software is updated from version 6.0 to 6.1, do you refer to the 6.1
> version as "newer, later, higher."?
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