While the tempo of software releases in the industry has increased, it has in many cases created a backlash. IT departments are struggling to keep up with installing updates to enterprise systems. Look at ColdFusion as an example. How many organization have bothered to upgrade to ColdFusion 10? I upgraded my department's server to CF 10 pretty soon after it was released, but our IT department only recently upgraded their CF server to CF 9 from CF 8 - and AFAIK they have no plans to upgrade to CF 10. Surveys others have taken across the CF community indicate very few organizations have upgraded to CF 10, and many are still on CF 7 and CF 8.
Microsoft has significantly reduced the time between releases for SQL Server. Again, many organizations are way behind installing the new releases. I just upgraded my servers from SQL Server 2005 to 2008R2 within the past year, and 2012 was already available. Our IT department is still on SQL Server 2005, and I don't think they are planning on upgrading to any of the more recent releases any time soon. Again, I think this is probably pretty typical of many organizations. If ColdFusion was on an annual release cycle, how many organizations would actually upgrade annually? -Carl V. On 6/19/2013 11:31 AM, Byron Mann wrote: > Software maintenence in the industry has always been frequent for the most > part. Most of those updates are more reactive, as patches and hot fixes. I > was getting more to feature additions and enhancements. > > 12-18 months between feature releases is quite a period with regards to > technology these days. > > How often have we all been on the upcoming release webinars for a product > with this type of release schedule and think to ourselves, "Oh, finally". > > It seems the industry trend is headed towards a frequent release cycle. > > Cheers. > > Byron Mann > Lead Engineer & Architect > HostMySite.com > On Jun 19, 2013 1:48 PM, "Steve 'Cutter' Blades" < > cold.fus...@cutterscrossing.com> wrote: > >> You'll have to forgive my thought process here, but I just installed my >> 10th CF 10 updater in the CF Admin. That isn't iterative? >> >> Steve 'Cutter' Blades >> Adobe Community Professional >> Adobe Certified Expert >> Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer >> ____________ >> http://cutterscrossing.com >> >> >> Co-Author "Learning Ext JS 3.2" Packt Publishing 2010 >> >> https://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js-3-2-for-building-dynamic-desktop-style-user-interfaces/book >> >> "The best way to predict the future is to help create it" >> >> On 6/19/2013 1:11 PM, Byron Mann wrote: >>> It's a shame Adobe is still going with long-term major releases instead >> of >>> a more frequent and iterative schedule. The architecture, I would guess, >> is >>> partially the reason for that. >>> >>> Seems like having a plug-in architecture would be the way to go. They >> could >>> have a stripped down core product, then do add-ons through plug-ins and >>> expansion packs that are fee based. This might make it more affordable >> and >>> attractive for a wider customer base. >>> >>> We probably only use about 10% of the features/tags/functions, so why >>> should we pay for the other 90%. >>> >>> I would imagine upgrading/patching, etc would be far less of a hassle as >>> well. >>> >>> >>> Byron Mann >>> Lead Engineer & Architect >>> HostMySite.com >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Carl Von Stetten >>> <vonner.li...@vonner.net>wrote: >>> >>>> Alan, >>>> >>>> It was actually two versions of CF and two corresponding versions of CF >>>> Builder that were announced and are shown on the ColdFusion "roadmap". >>>> Still, nice to see there is commitment to continued development of the >>>> product! :-) >>>> >>>> -Carl V. >>>> >>>> On 6/19/2013 7:49 AM, Alan Rother wrote: >>>>> There has been a push in Adobe to get a new release of CF out no less >>>> than >>>>> every 18 months... >>>>> >>>>> Also I've seen in public events, Adobe has a plan for at least the >> next 3 >>>>> or 4 versions of CF. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:40 AM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website >> Solutions < >>>>> ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>>>>> Actually, there was a public call to get in on the CF 11 pre-release >> a >>>>>>> couple of months ago. >>>>>>> >>>>>> After the amount of time it took them to make a functional installer >> for >>>>>> Windows 8 and Windows 2012 servers I'm not holding my breath for CF11 >> to >>>>>> come anytime soon ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> Although there is the CF Summit in end of October so there is yet >>>> hope... >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Casey Dougall >>>>>> Über Website Solutions >>>>>> (518) 633-1621 >>>>>> Saratoga Springs, NY >>>>>> http://uberwebsitesolutions.com/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356023 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
