> Just forget the damn leading "0.", next release will be the hundredth, no big
> deal.
> On the other side if they name it 1.0, random people will think that all bugs
> have been solved and every game is playable full speed. Just think at all
> pseudo-scientific (read for nerds) websites or magazines that will make a news
> report about it and at the raise of newbie's questions on the mame board ;)

I never realized that there was such a fuss about the numbering system until I read those links posted below. I only asked because I thought the numbering was wrong which it appears to be. Looks like someone refuses to use normal numbering system because they want to be stubborn.