On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 08:25 -0600, Sam wrote:

> I do have a question on the upgrade(s): Is there typically a period of
> time where the old version will work alongside the new version? (I read
> the faq and saw the mention of missing viruses if one doesn't upgrade).  
> The reason I ask is, in my real job as a network engineer at a major
> corporation, we have gotten burned in the past by applying a new service
> pack (not talking about Windows...I don't support that pos), or a new
> version of a product too soon after its release. As such, I have developed
> a policy that if the patch is not security-related, we don't install it
> until it has been released for a month or so.
> 

I think the best advice I can give you is that you should start testing when a
release candidate comes out, running it against real data - you don't have to 
do that
on a production system. Then you build confidence in the software.

-trog

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