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Rick Merrill
Now that I'm running IE8, can I delete that ton of old IE7 (and IE5)
stuff???
c:\windows\ie7updates\...
127MB
stuff???
c:\windows\ie7updates\...
127MB
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1PW
Now that I'm running IE8, can I delete that ton of old IE7 (and IE5)
stuff???
c:\windows\ie7updates\...
127MB
Hello Rick:
IE8 is still in beta. If you're not running out of HDD free space, that
might be a premature move. FWIW.
Pete
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Rick Merrill
1PW said:Hello Rick:
IE8 is still in beta. If you're not running out of HDD free space, that
might be a premature move. FWIW.
Pete
Is "release candidate" ::= 'Beta' ?-)
It seems solid enough to ME!-)
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Mick Murphy
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Ken Blake, MVP
Is "release candidate" ::= 'Beta' ?-)
It seems solid enough to ME!-)
It's still a pre-released version, and there is risk involved in
running it. If you've had no problems with it, great--I'm glad to hear
that--but that certainly doesn't mean that it's risk free. My
recommendation is to avoid all pre-released software, whether beta
versions or any other kind, *unless* you have a spare non-production
machine to run it on, and doing that kind of testing is something that
you particularly enjoy.
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1PW
Is "release candidate" ::= 'Beta' ?-)
My own personal definition of RC believes it's still a beta.
It seems solid enough to ME!-)
That's the most important thing sir - you.
My warmest regards to you Rick.
Pete
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Patrick Keenan
Rick Merrill said:Is "release candidate" ::= 'Beta' ?-)
Yes, it is. RC is part of the beta cycle.
It seems solid enough to ME!-)
That's nice, but it's still not the release version and is going to be
replaced.
HTH
-pk
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Patrick Keenan
Ken Blake said:It's still a pre-released version, and there is risk involved in
running it. If you've had no problems with it, great--I'm glad to hear
that--but that certainly doesn't mean that it's risk free. My
recommendation is to avoid all pre-released software, whether beta
versions or any other kind, *unless* you have a spare non-production
machine to run it on, and doing that kind of testing is something that
you particularly enjoy.
In addition, pre-release software tends to expire, and other software is
re-tested against the final release.
Using anything earlier is asking for trouble. If a support person finds
out that you're using pre-release code, the very first step will be to
update to release versions.
-pk
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Rick Merrill
1PW said:My own personal definition of RC believes it's still a beta.
That's the most important thing sir - you.
My warmest regards to you Rick.
Pete
Thank you Pete!
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Twayne
1PW said:Thank you Pete!
RC = Release Candiate, meaning it could still
contain bugs and is not yet production rated.
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Rick Merrill
Twayne said:RC = Release Candiate, meaning it could still
contain bugs and is not yet production rated.
But if nobody tried it out - where would we be?!
I propose that testing requires at least 3x the time
for software origination.