Javier, I have a friend who, back in the 1980s, was one of the first people I knew with an IBM PC. He went all-out and got the CGA monitor. A few years later, I bought an AT with EGA. Sean liked the look, but was "waiting for the price to come down" before upgrading to EGA. Then came VGA, and I immediately went there. Not Sean. He was still waiting for the prices to come down.
The moral of that story, in this context, is that it really doesn't pay to be versions behind, but we all have our reasons. We still have significant pieces of code running in 6.5, and we still have one location running mostly DOS. I hate it, it drives me nuts. But there are reasons for both conditions. We now refuse to do any development in either DOS or 6.5. If a piece of one of those needs to be changed, we convert it. My clear and unequivocal advice is to go directly to Extreme and don't look back. You won't regret it. After all, it is only a matter of time until 7.6 is obsolete. If you invest in 7.6 now, you'll simply be facing the same question all together too soon. Emmitt Dove Manager, Converting Applications Development Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [email protected] (203) 214-5683 m (203) 643-8022 o (203) 643-8086 f [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Javier Valencia Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 12:08 To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Upgrading Hello, I am currently still using 7.5 and considering upgrading to a newer version. 7.5 has worked extremely well for me, but since it is no longer a supported product, the need to upgrade has become apparent. I would be interested to know what versions you are using and what has been your experience with the different versions. My understanding of the following version is as follows: 7.6 - 7.5 with a host of additional and very cool features Turbo V8.0 - Same as 7.6 but with larger limits and capability to serve as front end for Oracle and SQL Server databases eXtreme 9.0 - 32 - Newer/better version of 7.6 eXtreme 9.0 - 64 - Newer/better version of Turbo V8.0 In and ideal world, the obvious choice would be to upgrade to eXtreme 9.0-64; however, since (in my case) the upgrade involves not just the license but also the compiler and any other applications I would want to include (Charts, R:Magellan and so forth), the cost of upgrading to eXtreme 9.0-64 becomes (considerably???) higher than, say 7.6. Do you have any thoughts on the different versions? Has anyone run speed benchmarks between the different versions? How much difference is there between the older 7.6/v8.0 and the newer 9.0-32/9.0-64? Any thought you have in the subject would be appreciated. Javier, Javier Valencia, PE 913-829-0888 Office 913-915-3137 Cell 913-649-2904 Fax --- RBASE-L ================================================ TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: Send a plain text email to [email protected] (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n (where n is the number of days). In the message body, place any text to search for. ================================================
