i agree with #1 as well - I have gone live on SF and upgraded to a new release after going live - took me next to no time at all to upgrade compared to my old exercises - very happy with SF (apart from the RENEW side - but that will improve )
cheers Jim Carey www.OZbcoz.com discount domain registration www.iluvoz.com affordable hosting services > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 16 November 2001 4:43 AM > To: Scott Allan > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Client innovation > > > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Scott Allan wrote: > > > We are about to make the SF release of the client the official > release for > > OSRS, and I would like some feedback on our approach. There are > basically > > two ways we can do this: > > > > 1. Hard cut: make SF official and only "innovate" on that version. This > > would mean that any new functionality would only be developed by us ion > > that code base > > I choose #1 with the assumption that you will fix any bugs in the last > version of the "legacy client" as they are discovered. > > > Would like your comments on all this. We do not mind supporting both, > > however it just means we will in general innovate less from a feature > > perspective as we will have an increased maintenance overhead. > We feel the > > SF client is far superior, however we appreciate the pain in migrating > > For those with customizations, the pain also exists when upgrading to a > new client version. So I say just go for it. As I stated above, > enhancements/bug fixes to the SF client and bug fixes only to the legacy > client. > > > Also, the old clients will always (for the forseeable future) work, > > Yes, this is a basic requirement. > > Regards, > Bill > >
