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If it ain't broke, don't upgrade it or add any additional function.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:26:48 -0800 (PST), "James H H Lampert"
<jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > But, on the other hand this should NOT stand in the way of upgrading
> > their operating system.  I wish people would stop using these ancient
> > releases of OS/400, it makes my life (answering questions in forums,
> > writing newsletters) much more difficult.
> 
> Why? Why does everything have to be the "latest and greatest"?
> 
> At Touchtone, we don't have a single product requiring anything beyond
> V4R2, and QuestView, our flagship product, will run quite happily on
> anything from a V2R3 machine (albeit with slower response times, and with
> some of the advanced features quietly disappearing) to V5Rwhatever, and
> will make use of a number of post-V2R3 OS features if it finds them.
> 
> Like another list member just said, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
> 
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