Well stated Tony.
On 3/18/2013 2:34 PM, Tony Gravagno wrote:
From: Mike Street
From a personal point of view, I can't understand why people want to
run the latest version of Windows and then want to install a version
of
jBASE which may be 8 - 10 years old.
People try to make decisions which eliminate or at least minimize
pain. Upgrading an OS can be painful. People consider themselves
"forced" into new operating systems when new hardware comes
pre-installed with it. Of course we know that's not true, but then
it's just another kind of pain to get a new system wipe the hard drive
and install a more comfortable OS. Better stated, we're being "forced"
to choose which pain we're going to endure from a short list of pain
sources.
Just because someone takes the time to embrace a new OS it doesn't
mean they want the "double whammy" of trying to work with new
applications as well. It's doubly painful to try to diagnose new
issues with a new database when you're struggling to understand how
the underlying OS works.
My personal preference is to upgrade the OS in a separate environment,
load applications one by one, do upgrades one by one, and address each
issue as I'm ready for it. I can't take the time from my business,
clients, family, and personal development projects to endure all of
the pain that others are inflicting on me all at once.
When a VAR upgrades his internal systems to the very latest, it's
possible that he will then be unable to support end-users who are
still on prior releases. The solution is to have more hardware, or to
use virtual environments to support whatever is in the field. There is
more "pain" with both of those solutions in terms of cost and time. To
minimize that pain, it helps to run the same release that end-users
have on the newer platforms, until we can get the end-users up to
current releases. Ideally it helps if we can run two versions of
software simultaneously on the same system. While the .NET Framework
was designed to make this possible, most upline developers don't write
their code to allow it, so the rest of us need to suffer with painful
choices about which version we need the most.
You can't compare the availability of a new software release with its
perceived value in the field. Software comes from Engineering people.
The desire to use the software is generated by Marketing. Why don't
people run the latest version of some software? Perhaps they don't see
the value yet. When jBase v4 came out a lot of people held onto v3.
Now v5 is out and a lot of people are still on v3 and 4. People won't
upgrade unless the rewards for doing so outweigh the pain of trying to
host the old release on a new OS.
That's why.
T
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