Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:21:27 -0600 (CST)
From: <samlubell at verizon.net>
Subject: [WSFA] upgrading
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

>From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
>Date: Fri Dec 23 09:27:48 CST 2005
>To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
>Subject: [WSFA] Re: Odd events
>>> Uh...how does this differ from "upgrading"?
>>
>> "Upgrade" generally means a newer, somewhat better, version of the same
>> thing you already have.  What I'm talking about is something completely
>> different.
>
>I don't think that's a distinction most of us would make -- "upgrade" is
>bringing in something new and better.  Like replacing Windows with Linux

For most non-technical people Linex isn't something completely different from Windows.  They're both computer operating systems.

In common speach, I think most people would refer to replacing some "equipment that helps me do my job" with a better form of "equipment that helps me do my job" as an upgrade.