Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Mon Mar 11 17:09:12 CDT 2013
That's a wise thing to do, although I would argue this is less of an issue when the software vendor does rolling releases. They are less likely to make sudden large, breaking changes. - Hans On 2013-03-11, at 2:22 PM, Tina Norris Fields <tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote: > I know I don't generally buy a new version of software until it has been around for about 18 months. Let someone else pay for the privilege of being the beta-testing lab. I'll wait until the sucker is stable! > T > > Tina Norris Fields > tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com > 231-322-2787 > > On 3/11/2013 1:46 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen wrote: >> For the same reasons users upgraded from vista and xp to windows 7 perhaps? Or Microsoft could do as apple does, which is yearly releases (for much cheaper), rather than big releases even 3+ years. In fact, I think I read somewhere that this is, in fact, what Microsoft wants to do now. >> >> Also, another point to make is that most users don't actually care to upgrade their version of windows when a new one comes out (probably because upgrades are too expensive or they aren't that technical of a user). They tend to just buy a new machine when they need to and take whatever OS is pre-installed with it. So that's something to take into consideration. >> >> - Hans >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com