On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 4:36 AM, Kumara Guru <[email protected]> wrote: > But why should the dynamically changing nature of *Open* Web > technologies be limited by stale deployments? > I for one, would really not want to limit myself to an age old MySQL > server, when a newer release would greatly enhance the scalability of > my web application. Nor would I want to miss a significant upgrade to > PHP features in the name of maintaining stability. Just compare how > the web was 5 years ago and how much it has evolved now. > > If the enterprise wants a 10-year locked-down deployment even for an > Open Web Apps stack, that makes me really sad. > I was under the impression that only proprietary, commercial products > lock down their customers and make upgrades a costly affair.
As a general practice, upgrades (even .xy releases) need to be validated - be it FOSS or proprietary. Validation costs money. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
