Re: Is V7R1 catching on?

[John Earl <john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First off, thanks to everyone that responded - it was helpful (and  
hopeful) to see how many are at or soon to be going to V7R1.

Second, I agree with Evan's comment that there really ought to be  
something in a release to compel companies to upgrade to it.  Frankly,  
it was hard for me to see that "something" in V6R1, but V7R1 has a  
couple of things.

For me the most compelling reason to go to V7R1 is the automatic  
encryption (go figure, huh?) capability that was enabled in the  
database with FieldProc.  I sense that lots of companies have not  
encrypted their truly sensitive data (Credit Cards, SS#, etc.) because  
of the size and perceived complexity of inserting encryption into your  
application.  FieldProc changes that because it allows us to insert  
encryption at the database level - reducing or in some case outright  
eliminating the need to make application changes - and instead have  
"automated encryption" take care of protecting the data.

For me, that's a big plus in the "upgrade to V7R1" column - at least  
for companies that have data to protect.

jte





On Feb 17, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Evan Harris wrote:

> Hi Mark
>
> I beg to differ. If there is stuff in the OS that can be taken
> advantage off - like the PDF stuff - then it is a selling point. What
> I'm saying is that there are not enough (virtually none) of these
> features in there to sell the upgrade.
>
> I'm not talking about those who have given up, I;m really speaking
> about those that *will* fall off the upgrade path because the 6.1
> object conversion adds enough additional cost and complexity without
> any real additional benefits that are easily taken advantage of.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting
> Inc. <mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > No OS upgrade adds anything to a "Stable shop running a package and  
> > not much else".  Not even a Windows or Linux upgrade.  Problem is  
> > when you hardware gets so long in the tooth that reliability  
> > becomes a problem, you are probably so far behind the times that an  
> > upgrade is completely unsupported, and very hard to do.  And you  
> > may have applications that can't be installed or upgraded on one  
> > machine or the other, or a multi-step upgrade is required.  That  
> > kind of stuff is far harder than going from 5.4 to 6.1.  Once you  
> > fall off the upgrade path, everything becomes more difficult.
> >
> > Mark Murphy
> > STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
> > mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> --
> Regards
> Evan Harris
> http://www.auctionitis.co.nz
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