VOL-5144 - Create beta-release branch for bbsim

VERSION
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  o Bump version string to major.0-dev post release.

.gitreview
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  o Assign defaultbranch=master as a visual cue for branching problems.

Change-Id: Ic2057b3ea40f272d5fe763cf55440de95ecc9621
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 545fd57..1f0d2f3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.15.7
+1.16.0-dev