On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, David Sheryn wrote:
> > I'd better put this in the FAQ.
>
> Please don't ! Some PHB-type will read that it's still "EXperimental" and
> refuse to let us install it... ! (ISTR shaking that particular tree once in
> thae past already... :-)
Well, I would make a point of saying that it has long since moved beyond
the experimental stage, but the name has stuck. It *is* becoming quite a
FAQ, after all. :-) Or maybe I should just invent some crazy acronym
as was done for Perl... Or maybe we should have a competition for the
most outrageous origination story?
Historical note for new Exim users: the tree shaking referred to above
caused Exim version numbers to jump from 0.57 to 1.58 so that people who
refuse to install anything below version 1.00 were kept happy.
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