> Now contrast that with Apple or even the Android world - they don't have such silly branding problems.
I bet your mom will be even more confused if you tell her about KitKat. However I agree with branding issues, if you don't follow an ecosystem, recognizing a new version is very hard. The only exception would be Apple's iOS versions which is a straight numerical increment. When I using Android, I din't get it at first that versions were based off candy names in alphabetical order or that Ubuntu's releases are marked by Year.Day (14.04). Heck even Nokia's smartphone numbering system confuses me.
I bet your mom will be even more confused if you tell her about KitKat. However I agree with branding issues, if you don't follow an ecosystem, recognizing a new version is very hard. The only exception would be Apple's iOS versions which is a straight numerical increment. When I using Android, I din't get it at first that versions were based off candy names in alphabetical order or that Ubuntu's releases are marked by Year.Day (14.04). Heck even Nokia's smartphone numbering system confuses me.