5.8.XX.08 filePro update

[Jay R. Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fairlight via Filepro-list" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>

> On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 02:40:08PM +0000, Jay R. Ashworth via Filepro-list thus
> spoke:
>> <impersonation target="Fairlight">
> 
> You do a decent impersonation.

Thanks.  I do try.

> You did leave out:

[ .... ]

> Why should we believe 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, etc., will be any more stable, or that
> they'll be supported any better?  How do people know they're not walking
> into worse bugs, and paying for the 'privilege'?

I did *sort* of go there.

> In other words, we got the misery for free in the past, and now you want
> our customers to -pay- for that same 'benefit'?  Oh, -and- suffer through
> it under the looming spectre of the license manager?  Erm...no.

I didn't even wander into the License Manager minefield, purposefully.

> You binned fPcgi; what's to say you won't bin filePro itself, leaving
> people stuck with something which needs licence manager attention.  In that
> hypothetical scenario, people are still better off on 5.0.14 or earlier,
> because -I've- never heard any commitment to, "We won't leave you stranded
> if something happens to us."

Well, If that ever happened, I think I still have a tape with the 4.8 sources
for AT&T 3b2.  :-)

> Not that you'll listen to us.  You haven't listened for 24 years, so why
> start now?

Well, that was just mean.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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