Mark Galbreath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At the office, installing ActivePerl just annoyed the sysadmins because it
> didn't really break anything but I found myself in the position of begin
> able to take advantage of some pretty cool modules (like IO::ALL, e.g.)
> that have been upgraded or designed for 5.8 when the infrastructure
> remains at 5.6. I didn't think of this (doh!) until I tried deploying a
> little app I wrote and found it wouldn't work. Make sure your
> infrastructure will support your upgrade!
I'm kind-of confused here... are you saying that activeperl 8xx
builds don't have the standard perl 5.8 modules?
> Third, one of the linux support folks here told me they were not
> supporting ActiveState products because the company was in the process of
> dissolving or being bought or something that made service and support
> continuity questionable. Can anybody confirm this?
ActiveState has been sold:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1920555,00.asp
I work for Sophos, ActiveState is in the office upstairs from me and
from the looks of things they are still very hard at work and aren't going
anywhere soon. And when they do, it'll just be to another office. The IT
teams are working hard to make sure that neither ActiveState or Sophos'
services are interrupted while the pieces of infrastructure we have in
common are being divvied up. :)
- Tyler
