On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 11:18 -0800, RijilV wrote: > Not to overlook the fact that PHP is dropping support for PHP4 in > August. Switching distributions to get another half year of support > seems to me like getting a tattoo to fit in with the kids at > highschool. Everyone who wants to run updated software is going to > have to make this move at some point in time.
Excellent point! (and a nice analogy). The other cost that has to be factored into any decision is the cost of dealing with the consequences of a system compromise resulting from a security hole. Yves, are your management folks aware that a security compromise on your PHP4 box will affect _all_ your customers with websites on it, not just those who's code may have been responsible for the compromise, and that cleaning up such a mess will probably take a lot more time and expense than the cost of script migration? Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt, and it was a Royal PITA! Not to mention the fact that once you've been compromised, you'll _have_ to migrate your customers to v5 ASAP, possibly without the luxury of being able to do them one by one. -- Lindsay Haisley | "In an open world, | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | who needs Windows | available at 512-259-1190 | or Gates" | http://pubkeys.fmp.com http://www.fmp.com | | -- [email protected] mailing list
