OT: Java versions (was Re: Final Notice: Meeting Today at 4pmEDT - New Room URL)

[John Esak]

> You had to start?  :)
>
> Why not?  Bud said they're making the next release 5.6 with (what I
> consider) barely enough justification for it, from what I've heard of the
> back-channel scatter regarding features.  Most of which should have been
> in LONG before now (like 2gig file limit handling that Bud loves to tout
> as if it's the next best thing since sliced bread, and something simply
> amazing--when it should have been in a few years back when everyone was
> breaking the 2gig limit).
>
> I guess bringing things into line with the modern world (a quarter way,
> anyway) is justification for arbitrary version bumps.
>
> Wonder what customers would think if I jumped from OneGate 02.11.00 to
> 32.01.07 in one fell swoop, after adding only about 4 new features.  A bit
> of hyperbolic comparison, but in the same ballpark in principle.  There
> would be the same lack of compelling evidence for that high a mark-up.

I don't think it was Ryan who "started" anything of the nature you just did
here. My only comment is that you should have stayed around and made these
comments vocally at the meeting. Why do it now in this rather cowardly way?
Sorry, Mark, but you had as much chance as anyone to say anything you wanted
today, but you chose to leave. Why do it now? What's the point? And as far
as you changing the version number on OneGate and everyone going into any
kind of uproar... well, can 3 or 4 people make an uproar?  There are
thousands of people using filePro, and hundreds of developers, and you still
have yet to produce such a winner. To compare version numbers between it and
OneGate is rather funny. Gave me a pretty good laugh. So, if you are going
to make nasty comments, be prepared to hear some back. Seem fair to you?

John Esak