FW: Why?

[GCC Consulting]

George,

May I be so bold as to suggest that you download and install fp 5.0.13 alongside
your 5.0.9 and then test your application.  You might find that some or all of
your problems are cleared up.

I agree with you about upgrading clients from 5.0.9 to 5.0.13, as I mentioned to
you off list.

My standard is to test the new release in an environment similar to my clients
as to server os and workstation os.

1. WinXP and Server 2003 run fp very nicely - client site.

2. WinXP and Server 2000 run fp very nicely - My office. - Soon to be tested on
Small Business Server 2003

3. Win98 and Win NT 4 - A bit slow as compared to server 2000 or server 2003.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of George 
> Simon
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:51 PM
> To: Jay R. Ashworth; filepro-list at celestial.com
> Subject: RE: Why?
> 
> Excellent point, Jay.
> The way I see it, 5.0.09 is very solid, at least as far as my 
> application is concerned.
> I don't want to upgrade to a newer version (unless it is going to 
> provide some feature a really want, like memo
> printing) an risk the chance of something that is working fine now, 
> breaking.
> 
> George Simon (IT Department)
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Jay R.
> Ashworth
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:38 PM
> To: filepro-list at celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Why?
> 
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 02:08:29PM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> > "Jay R. Ashworth" wrote:
> > [...]
> > > > > > > They are not supporting 5.0.09 ?!?
> > > > > > [...]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Of course it's supported.  But, if you want to submit a bug
> report, you
> > > > > > need to make sure that you're on the current release.
> > > > >
> > > > > By which, of course, you mean 5.0.
> > > > > :-)
> > > >
> > > > Actually, I meant 5.0.13, not just any 5.0 release.
> > >
> > > Yeah, I was afraid you meant that.
> >
> > Why should bug reports be taken on a version that has already had 
> > bugfixes released for it?  Perhaps it's a bug that was
> already fixed.  
> > If you send files to demonstrate a bug in 5.0.09 and
> fpsupport can't
> > duplicate it in 5.0.13, is that because it was fixed, or
> because it's
> > something related to the environment in which you're running?
> 
> Well, you did say bug report, and I was thinking support, but even so, 
> we're back to *filePro is a toolkit*.
> 
> If I build an app, and I deploy a couple hundred copies on a given 
> point release of filePro, and test it six ways to Sunday over hundreds 
> of hours of labor...
> 
> and then you tell me that I am *required* to upgrade the engine 
> gratuitously, fixing things that are not troubling me and potentially
> *breaking* things that are working -- but in any case
> *requiring* me to go through my hundreds of hours of regression 
> testing again to make certain my app is still working... or give up on 
> getting any support...
> 
> well then, I'll likely say "clearly, I've chosen the wrong tool set.
> See ya."
> 
> I know I've made this point at least a dozen times in 15 years, and no 
> one ever says "you're wrong; that's not a valid reasonable concern".
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
> --
> Jay R. Ashworth
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