Re^2: PM Confessional

“Computer software like fine wine ... let it age.”

My firm's equivalent of this was to never use a version *.0 of any vendors software...

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Re^3: PM Confessional by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Feb 09, 2011 at 20:07 UTC
Likewise, turn off “automatic updates” (anywhere and everywhere you find them ...), and when advised that a new version of software is available ... wait. For instance, when iOS 4.0 came out for my phone, I waited several months as the version-numbers quickly bounced along. When they finally settled down and stayed that way for more than 30 days running, I proceeded with one uneventful upgrade. Software’s difficult ... we all know that. So, there is no reason to be “on the bleeding edge” about the bugs that will inevitably crop-up with a new release of anything.

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Re^3: PM Confessional
by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Feb 09, 2011 at 20:07 UTC

Likewise, turn off “automatic updates” (anywhere and everywhere you find them ...), and when advised that a new version of software is available ... wait.

For instance, when iOS 4.0 came out for my phone, I waited several months as the version-numbers quickly bounced along. When they finally settled down and stayed that way for more than 30 days running, I proceeded with one uneventful upgrade.

Software’s difficult ... we all know that. So, there is no reason to be “on the bleeding edge” about the bugs that will inevitably crop-up with a new release of anything.