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Watching time, the only true currency // A journal from John B. Roberts

Apple switches from dates to numbers for software updates

Until now, Apple’s Software Updates for Mac OS X have been labeled with a date, such as Security Update 2004-12-02. Yesterday, Apple released Security Update 2005-001, the first with a new numbering scheme. Not sure, but may just be security updates, not all software updates… not that it matters.

I noticed this myself, and then saw that it was part of the announcement to the press, which noted that this follows Microsoft’s practice. Do I get points for noticing, or just further confirmation I’m too aware of distinctions without differences?

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