Rachel Walden's original message included: >I'm interested in whether any groups who had heavily customized versions of ebase 1 are >planning to or have made the switch to version 2.
Rachel, I'm just wrapping up a moderately involved Ebase V1.0.3 customization for a client, and I'm still recommending to them that they stick with V.1.0.3 for the time being. There are several lines of thought that go into this recommendation on my part: 1. The customized V1.0.3 database itself constitutes a substantial improvement in data management, and it seems this will cover the continuing needs of the organization quite well so far as the future needs for support of organizational practices that are obvious at this time. 2. I don't feel that this client has time or the technical personnel resources to readily accept and work with the continuing issues that would typically arise from a relatively new major product release such as the Ebase V2 release (I don't intend ANY slight on the good work of the developers - software development is just SOOO complex that this seems to happen reliably... even Microsoft, SAS, etc can't seem to do it differently with their MASSIVE resources...) While I feel that V2 represents a VERY meaningful improvement, I feel that a client with a good technical staff and the patience to deal with the resolution of the issues that may still arise would be a better candidate for early adoption. 3. I myself haven't had enough time available to understand V2 well enough to guide a client through that transition yet. I feel that I really need to clear out some time and really dig into V2 for a while after the product stabilizes a bit more before I can in good conscience recommend such a move be made with MY involvement as the primary technical lead. Again, I'd have a different recommendation for a client with a stronger technical staff more suitable to an "early adopter" posture... Anyhow, that has been my own personal inclination... ************************************************************** Larry F. Bednar Consulting in Statistics, Quality, Data Management Portland, OR 503.493.8542 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************** ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
