RE: Is V7R1 catching on? -- MIDRANGE-L

On the other hand, it doesn't do much for a mid-size construction company
whose payroll is handled by the daughter and granddaughter of the owner, and
access from the outside is limited to three family members and me.

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Earl
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:13 PM
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Subject: Re: Is V7R1 catching on?

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

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http://www.auctionitis.co.nz
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