On Wed, March 16, 2005 12:53 pm, Niall Pemberton said: > What I don't understand is if 1.3 is compatible with 1.2 then why are you > happy to move to a new 1.2.x release, but not a new 1.3 release? The only > reason I can think of is if someone has customized the the 1.2 > RequestProcessor? What I'm supporting is all running under v1.2 currently > and I'm expecting upgrading to v1.3 to not be a big deal.
Becuase it's not simply about compatibility. Very simply, in many environment, the decision is not in the hands of a guy like me. Yes, I am a senior architect. Yes, I can make any number of decisions myself. But not all of them. One of them is that the company will not be on the bleeding edge with ANYTHING. We will instead be conservative and stick with a known solid version. In fact, we are currently using 1.1 in most applications I am aware of. We are still using Websphere 5.0.1. Most desktops are not even upgraded to IE6.0 yet (actually, that one may not be true, but it was just a few months ago). You get the point though I'm sure :) You see, *I* am ready and willing to move to 1.3 the second it comes out. I am not however *able* to do so, not at work at least. This isn't exactly an unusual mindset in large corporations by the way. Large corporations tend to be beurocratic and somewhat risk-averse when it comes to upgrades. At least, that has been my experience. I would caution anyone (including me!) from assuming their environment is typical or even the majority (that's not meant as an accusation to anyone, just a pertinent point). -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
