[c-nsp] IOS 15.0 - why the numbering jump?

[Jon Lewis]

On Sun, 4 Oct 2009, Simon Lockhart wrote:

> Looks like they've jumped from 12.4 to 15.0.
>
> Sounds a bit like the jump from Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 7.
>
> Took a look at 15.0 for my 877...
>
> 	ADVANCED IP SERVICES
> 	c870-advipservicesk9-mz.150-1.M.bin
> 	Release Date: 01/Oct/2009
> 	Size: 23554.10 KB  (24119396 bytes)
> 	Minimum Memory: DRAM:192 MB  Flash:36 MB
>
> My 877 is fairly new (couple of months old), and only has 128M of RAM and 24M
> of flash. Gah, bloat.

And that's for a little DSL router?  I don't know whether to be shocked or 
happy that the cisco 877 DSL router is upgradable to 256mb RAM and 52mb 
Flash.

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