The use of the historical present is common in good press releases,
and it fits here, in part because the release of the 2.2 is in an sense
an ongoing event as new patchlevels are released and in part because
the historical present does make the release more lively.
michaelkjohnson
"Magazines all too frequently lead to books and should be regarded by the
prudent as the heavy petting of literature." -- Fran Lebowitz
Linux Application Development http://www.redhat.com/~johnsonm/lad/
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