With the advent of V11, I stopped upgrading for the first time in decades (i.e., my latest version is thus V10.5). Maybe it's only or mostly from one person (who has been on this forum for less than a year), but it makes me very concerned when I read things such as "considering the huge difference that exists between v11 and older releases" (and blah, blah).
I get that there may be huge differences in the bowels of A5 and what is now available (i.e., .NET, etc.). But is V11 so radically different that if I were to move up to V11 (or V12 for that matter) that my desktop applications built with earlier versions might need to be totally rebuilt to run under V11 or V12? (Minor tweaking is never a problem for me.)
I for one consider some degree of backward compatibility to have always been a huge plus for Alpha Five. If that ceases to exist, Alpha will have lost me for good. And no, I am not saying I must be able to run an A5Vx application forever or even that DBF must be in there forever. But if it gets to the point that I have to tell a client who has spent tens of thousands of dollars on a highly custom app that they will suddenly have to pay to have it totally rebuilt, they will abandon both me and Alpha Software.
Some feedback please from long time A5 users who are using V11, is V11 (and V12) that radically different in ways I should be worried about? I hope (and actually assume) the answer is no and that statements to the contrary by some are overblown.
Raymond Lyons
I get that there may be huge differences in the bowels of A5 and what is now available (i.e., .NET, etc.). But is V11 so radically different that if I were to move up to V11 (or V12 for that matter) that my desktop applications built with earlier versions might need to be totally rebuilt to run under V11 or V12? (Minor tweaking is never a problem for me.)
I for one consider some degree of backward compatibility to have always been a huge plus for Alpha Five. If that ceases to exist, Alpha will have lost me for good. And no, I am not saying I must be able to run an A5Vx application forever or even that DBF must be in there forever. But if it gets to the point that I have to tell a client who has spent tens of thousands of dollars on a highly custom app that they will suddenly have to pay to have it totally rebuilt, they will abandon both me and Alpha Software.
Some feedback please from long time A5 users who are using V11, is V11 (and V12) that radically different in ways I should be worried about? I hope (and actually assume) the answer is no and that statements to the contrary by some are overblown.
Raymond Lyons
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