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Subject:Re: Need some opinions on phrasing From:Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:22:37 +1100
Sarah Blake wrote:
>> Legal's point of view is that the phrasing "at
>> least VaporWare 2.7" only states that versions
>> before 2.7 won't work and that version 2.7 will.
>
> If that's what they want to say, then why not 'This feature works with
> VaporWare 2.7'? It doesn't deny the possibility that it works with
> other versions of VaporWare, but it doesn't raise the customer's hopes
> that it might, either :)
>
It's not actually saying only version 2.7.
Legal's opinion is that it says something
like "only after 2.7 until we say otherwise"
whereas "or later" explictly seems to imply
to them "from 2.7 until infinity."
-- Janice
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