Generally you're right, but... if the end of Ian's assignment is ..."by next week", he may want to consider 7, I think they have an upgrade path for folks that buy 7 now.
-- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:55 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Migrating Ancient CF Code My Gut says go with CF8 is due very soon. And the speed increase will be worth it. But to be honest, it is a strange question you should be able to answer without us putting anything forward. Why buy cfmx7 when you can buy cfmx8? On 6/21/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Third Try > > I started a new position with the State of California Monday. > > The first task that was discussed for me was migrating some very old, > version 4.5 CF code running on NT 4 servers to modern (and hopefully > more stable) servers running modern CF. The question was asked is there > any reason not to just jump to CF 8 when it is official - I presume in a > few weeks, rather then first to 7 then 8. This department currently > has NO CFMX code running. > > My feeling was that there should be little or no difference migrating > the code to 8 rather then 7, but my supervisor wanted me to get some > other opinions. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281615 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
