Hello Robert, Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 8:59:58 PM, you wrote:
> We generally don't do anything system wise during the 4th quarter unless > absolutely necessary. > 1) If we don't upgrade to production if/when it comes out later this year, > will we be ok? You will be ok, but you won't be having as much fun as those who did upgrade ;-) Seriously though -- the core scanning technology and the rulebase is not significantly different between the old and new versions. That said, the new version contains some minor improvements to the pattern matching engine and there has been a minor change to the way we construct our rulebase. We are no longer coding any new IP rules. The static IP rules in the core rulebase are deprecated as are the bots that created them. This happened a while ago. Over time the existing IP rules will become less effective and will in many cases be removed. The new version's GBUdb component will more than compensate for this loss. In fact the decision to deprecate the IP based rules system was based in part on the knowledge that the new version would be out soon to compensate. Systems that fail to upgrade will see more leakage (increasing over time) than those that do upgrade to the new system not only because the new system is more effective but also because the pattern rulebase is not getting new IP rules. > 2) Is release to production Q4 event?? The current beta has already been an alpha in production environments for a very long time (especially the critical pieces). If we don't see any problems with the beta (and none are expected) then the current code base will be "certified" for production very quickly - definitely a Q4 event. There may be auxiliary elements that are still in flux for a little longer than that -- such as documentation (which is always an on-going project) and hopefully installers for some platforms. However, I expect the actual software will be certified very quickly given it's history. Hope this helps, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[email protected]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
