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Re: Difference between a Product Release versus a Product Upgrade?
Subject:Re: Difference between a Product Release versus a Product Upgrade? From:Damien Braniff <Damien_Braniff -at- PAC -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Tue, 28 Jul 1998 07:39:57 +0100
(Broadly!) I'd say the difference is as follows:
Product release is either the release of a totally NEW product or the
release of an existing with SIGNIFICANT new features added. Product X
now also has NEW FEATURE 1, NEW FEATURE 2 etc
Product Upgrade can be used to hide what is effectively a series of bug
fixes. Alternatively (and more usually), it provides an enhancement to
an existing feature. Product X now allows you to print direct to PDF
etc
Some people would say that, strictly speaking, Release is ONLY for new
products and everything else is an upgrade.
