I was reading an advertisement in the Oracle magazine the other day where they were using backward capability as a valuable feature of the Spark/Solaris product line. If I understood this correctly, they were promising lack of obsolescence should you choose to move to a new platform Your older versions of software would continue to run.
This caught my attention, the fact Oracle was using this as a sales point. This is quite a distinction from a number of other vendors who are continuing to force obsolescence in their software so you have to buy newer versions, even if the previous version more than met your needs.
It’s quite a contrast from the recent changes in how you have to do programming in the Windows operating system. That’s not to say things should never change. But it’s nice when things do change that it also supports the previous methods.
What do you think? Is this an empty promise? Will a promise like this hold Oracle back from innovation? Is there a different market for the Solaris based products that is not as interested in rapid change, but more interested in reliability and longevity for their investment?
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Cheers,
Ben