Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 02/19/07 01:34

Drazen Gemic wrote:
> On Feb 18, 6:01 pm, Kimmo Laine <s...@outolempi.net> wrote:
>
>> Oliver didn't claim that there are *no* incompatibility issues between 4
>> and 5 because there are and everybody knows that. All he meant was that
>> there are *less* of them between 4 and 5 than between 4.3 and 4.4.
>>
>
> Well, he also said that incompatibility is a myth. But, that was
> not the question, anyway. Since we are chatting, I'll reveal why I am
> asking it. It is a strange story, indeed.
>
> I have a customer that refuses to upgrade application in a way that it
> could
> handle past years. They are cloning the database and the application
> code and
> use it as archive. Database name, username and password are defined in
> a single
> file, which makes that easy. To make things worse, archived versions
> are mutually similar,
> but not identical. They probably think that the solution is
> cheap......
>
> What am I trying to explain them is that they will have to upgrade
> someday,
> and I am not willing to upgrade unknown number of versions.
>
> DG
>

People who refuse to update are PITA's. The good thing is eventually
they will suffer from their stubbornness and stupidity. The bad thing is
often consultants get taken down with it.

The secret of being a successful is to make your recommendations - then
distance your self from their stupidity/stubbornness. And when they
suffer because of their decisions, you can become the hero by bailing
them out.

But trying to argue with them because of their stupidity/stubbornness is
a losing proposition from the start.

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