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Visual Clues For Knowing the Age

How do you tell the age of a palm tree?

What clues do we rely on to understand the age of a product? Why is understanding the age important? What happens when the clues we use no longer apply to products? I may be used the rings of an oak tree, but haven't spent much time understanding the innards of a palm. And to apply this (lack of) reasoning to software - are software version numbers still relevant in a fully networked world?

Writing from Tokyo | June 7, 2006 | Permalink