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On 5/29/06 11:02 PM, "Jonathan Lambert" <j@firebright.com> wrote:<BR>
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Which is why upgrading is costly. When you've tweaked things in 20, 30, 50 heres and theres, writing over them for the next decimal upgrade becomes prohibitive. It's time and money gone completely out of the window. <BR>
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>From a consultant's perspective this is great because it ensures you're gonna get paid for a while. Form the point of view of a small publisher, the problem is terrible. <BR>
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I really can’t bear to let this thread go on any longer. I know what Laura is getting at, and she is absolutely spot on in that thread. But, I disagree with you about the severity of the problem of unsupported older versions.<BR>
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Sorry to reply to my own post, but a couple more points:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>I strongly do not want to see fragmentation in the user community around version releases. I like you guys. I want you to keep on for the duration. ;-)
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>I really strongly encourage anyone on the 4.5 code base or similar to upgrade as soon as possible. I have seen what happens when you don’t. I’ve listened to a lot of arguments from people using an older platform (it’s almost always those who are on the platform that make the argument), but I can tell you it’s in your best interest, and your customer’s best interest, to keep up with current releases, and fix/rebuild anything build on old releases as opposed to trying to protect the investment – it’s definitely a false safety.<BR>
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My comments are said from the most good natured perspective I can muster – I don’t want to see user community fragmentation, and sure would like to never see anything screwed customer on an Open Source platform. It really burns me as a business owner when a fellow business owner is in a bad situation, and I’ve seen too many cases where someone stopped at a release (for whatever reason) and almost universally the customer ended up screwed!<BR>
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Know that I provide these comments with only the best interest of the end-users in mind. I’m not intending to flame anyone in particular. That point is the reason for my post back.<BR>
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My 2c.<BR>
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Jonathan</SPAN></FONT>
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