Using FP 5.6 to develope for 5.0.14 runtime systems

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Simon--er, no...it was Scott Walker--said:
> Has any one used Fp  5.6 to do development work for customers running 5.0.14

Well, I've written stuff on 5.6-based systems that has ended up being used
on 5.0.14 and even 4.8 systems.

All of the features I personally use are 5.0 and before.  

> Fp sales advises me that it would not be any problem as long as I don't use
> any 5.6 specific features.

Sales' response to you sounds perfectly...sound.

> My SCO system is getting too old to rely on so I need to move to a Linux
> server.  I've been developing in 5.0.14 on the SCO box and that's what I
> would really like to use 5.0.14 for development on the Linux box but fp
> sales says they can't sell me 5.0.14 for Linux.

Of course not--they want everyone on their License Manager.  Well, honestly
they probably want people on 5.6 to keep support costs down as well.  But
I'm betting it'd be easier to get them to give you 5.0.15 than 5.0.14, as
they rolled the license manager back into 5.0 at 5.0.15 from what I
remember.  I've been told there are issues in moving from 5.0.14 to 5.0.15,
though--and not just the license manager, but actual bugs that made it a
dealbreaker.

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