n - 1

[ellyssian]

I am *so* glad we received full agreement and management support for enforcing an n-1 policy with our software products...

Whazzat? n-1 refers to the newest software release, and the one prior to that. Theoretically, an n-1 policy limits our ability to support more than one version back without charging obscenely high additional fees, to attempt to recoup a portion of the funds lost attempting to recreate abandoned environments and ancient technology.

Of course, as anyone who has ever glimpsed the real world from afar might have noticed, theory and practice have never been introduced. I don't think they've even been invited to the same parties, or hang out at the same bars.

This message is brought to you by multiple check-ins to multiple version control archives of the same files. Because n is ready to ship, and customers are still running n- the ol' sidewise 8.

Comments

[fizzy-oh.livejournal.com]

Ah, this brings back memories. I used to find it very annoying too. In the end, I decided to re-train as a physiotherapist ... "Human Body version n+1" isn't due for ages :-)

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Glad to see you back! (I posted something like that to your returning announcement, but LJ seemed troubled that day, and was failing on a lot of posts for me)