This is personal opinion, but it is derived from over twenty years in the
business: I never put a ".0" release of an OS into production, unless I
absolutely must have a feature in order to run. In the case of 6.5, if you
do not need large file support, I would hold off until at least PP2 is
available. Think for a moment all the tweaking that had to go into large
file support. If you put an early release of an OS into production you are
dooming yourself to the frequent application of reactive patches. If you
have the luxury of a test or crash and burn machine, go ahead and test 6.5,
but realize you will probably not be able to stress test it.

5.5 PP7 is very stable and 6.0 PP2 looks good. If you are on 5.5 PP7 and do
not need the functionality of 6.0 or 6.5, I'd wait until 6.5 PP2 is released
before updating 140 systems.

John Burke

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Edwards [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 7:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] How ready for Prime Time is 6.5?
>
>
> HP just announced the end of support of 6.0 is 4/30/2002 so
> you still have some time yet. The 9x7 systems end of support is
> also that date. They also announced that 6.5 PP1 will be out
> next month. I have had 6.5 installed for several months without
> any problems.
>
> Rick Ingham wrote:
>
> > Judging from the challenges I've seen on the list here, it
> doesn't seem to me like 6.5 is what I would call "Stable" yet.
> >
> > We have around 140 systems on 5.5 that our HP support
> personnel want to get updated to 6.5 by year end.
> >
> > Since 6.0's end of support is only about 12 months away I
> think, no one wants to do this twice.
> >
> > I'm not sure how we can reasonably avoid the bleeding edge
> here...  And that seems incredibly risky to me.
> >
> > Am I just paranoid?
> > --
> > Rick Ingham
> > (RDIngham at Home dot Com)
> > "Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't
> out to get you."
>
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