[consulting] preparing clients for Drupal 5 obsolesence

[Matt Chapman]

Hi consultants,

Since the announcement of the Drupal 7 code freeze, I've made the 
decision for my company to not accept any new clients on Drupal 5. 
(Although we continue to serve our existing D5 clients, while 
encouraging them to plan for an upgrade near the end of the year.) This 
policy will surely cost us some business, but I would prefer for us to 
focus our energies on pushing the drop forward, and I feel it is 
irresponsible to advise my clients to invest in a platform which will 
have no more security updates in roughly 9 months.

Is there any hope of forming a coalition of like minded consultants? 
Something like the gophp5.org initiative? If we all refuse to invest any 
more labor in Drupal 5, even if it is faster or easier to do so, we can 
instead focus our energies (and our clients' funding) on porting and 
extending Drupal 6 & 7 modules now, and we won't have to relive the 9 
month lag between the release of a new Core and it's viability for real 
projects.

I'm eager to hear your response, whether you think I'm misguided, or if 
you're eager to get on board and design a nifty logo we can all put on 
our web sites.

Best,

Matt
NinjitsuWeb.com