Exactly the reasons I said it is a case-by-case decision. No absolutes from my chair.
Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul McNett Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SP2 Rick Schummer wrote: > Upgrading to SP2 is a case by case decision for developers. The waters are > nice in the SP2 pool if you apply the proper hotfix. Raw SP2 has a couple of > new bugs that are annoying. I don't have anyone on VFP9 (I stepped off in VFP8), but if I did I'd upgrade to the latest service pack with all hotfixes applied, unless the cost of performing the upgrade plus the risk of causing new problems were to outweigh the benefit. So, in the case of SP2, I think the bad press would have kept me from doing the upgrade, and by the time the hotfixes came out I would have had to reevaluate. I probably would have kept it on the backburner unless/until a problem surfaced that the SP fixes, or I was going to perform more new development and the cost to my client of upgrading could be included in the new work. If the app is stable and in maintenance mode, I don't think there's a compelling argument to apply service packs and hotfixes. Nor is there a compelling argument to upgrade major versions, unless it becomes required for some external reason. Paul [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/024d01ca6194$6d48c4a0$47da4d...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
