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I have a windows application which is similarly named to another application and has a very similar purpose. It's been suggested that I rename my app to avoid confusion, but what do I do about the version number?
Resetting it to 1.0.0 would imply that it's a new application, which it isn't, but keeping the current version might confuse users as to where the previous versions are.
Are there any marketing types out there who have seen similar situations?
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New product name should not mean resetting the product number. In the release notes you should say it has been renamed as one of the changes.
Simples.
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It's fine to keep the version number where it is with the rebrand. The internal version numbers for applications like Visual Studio and Office bear absolutely no resemblance to the various name changes that these applications have gone through.
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Member 10112720 wrote: I have a windows application which is similarly named to another application and has a very similar purpose
I guess this is a good way to ask for troubles.
Member 10112720 wrote: Are there any marketing types out there who have seen similar situations?
This has been seen a lot in the past, and solved with either renaming (without version change) or rebranding.
Here one of many examples[^]
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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rename it. or, expect a letter from a lawyer.
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Ever seen WinWord 3 through 5? 
Version numbers just aren't important. Unless you're dealing with a file format/layout, in which case you should never decrease.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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If the current app is "ABC 1.2.3", you could rename it to "XYZ 2.0.0". In reality, the only change would a change in name, but it gives you a clean starting base. Just be sure to send a clear message to your customers informing them about the change.
/ravi
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Keep the version # the same, but name it "New App Name 1.0" but the version would be 12.2.395.32523
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Names are often 'marketing' so attempting to rename it every time the market changes is not going to work.
That applies to the version number as well.
Member 10112720 wrote: to another application and has a very similar purpose
Presumably these are applications under your companies control so why are there two of them?
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, lots to think about...
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The other 2/3rds of the Two Fat Ladies has died aged 66.
(The first 2/3rds, Jennifer Paterson died several years ago).
An alcoholic who pissed away £2.8 Million!
That is some partying, I am surprised she lived as long as she did.
I last saw her selling Rabbit and Pheasant dishes to Students in a university as part of the Great British Food programme.
She did have a rather marvellous beard and moustache by this point.
A great eccentric and raconteur, she shall be missed!
Telegraph Obit[^]
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Loved the Two Fat Ladies shows. Purchased one of their receipt books, which just reading gives you high cholesterol.
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Corporal Agarn wrote: Purchased one of their receipt books,
Is that for the £2.8M?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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As stated many times before I do not spell well. Oh, hell.
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Corporal Agarn wrote: receipt books
I thought they were chefs, not accountants?
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You also thought I could spell! 
Wrong again!
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Yes - but...she hadn't drunk alcohol for 27 years, nearly 28.
That £2.8M was spent in 12 years... 
Rest In Peace One Fat Lady: we probably won't see your like again. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Ironically she died 22 years too early.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Dalek Dave wrote: The other 2/3rds
These are a lot of /3rds for one single woman.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Awww that's sad news  A larger than life character who was definitely politically incorrect, even in her cooking. My wife & I met her a couple of times in 2010 when we stayed at a pub in Cheshire called the Cholmondeley Arms, well actually Chopper (our 5 pound short haired chihuahua) met her & she really liked him...we just happened to be there to witness the meeting
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Darwin Award Contender wannabe?[^]
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Well, he's not dead, and there's no indication that his reproductive facilities were damaged in any way. That means he's not taken himself out of the gene-pool, and is therefore ineligible for a Darwin award.
He's still an idiot, though.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Does not this qualify for about 50% of the planet's population ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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