----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd C. Merrill" tmerrill@mathworks.com To: toasters@mathworks.com Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 1:48 PM Subject: Re: F760/F840, ONTAP 5.3.x/6.x gripes
Sorry if I implied that we went through a 5->6->5 process; we didn't.
Ahh, okay. Still, some people might go through that if they want to rush to the F840.
We went from 5.3.4R2D2P2Q7K8... to 5.3.6H1. I was just saying the lack of a coincident release for x86 and alpha filers for 5.3.6H1 *and* 6.x can be inconvenient, annoying, and confusing. [0] I was asking for NetApp's thoughts on why they did it this way. "Rush to market" or "we forked the code base way too long ago to go back now" are perfectly valid answers! ;)
My guess is both are factors but I really don't know. I certainly don't think it's a fundamental portability issue. It may have some to do with how much confidence testing they were able to do with a given release vs. platform matrix, and they went with what would satisfy most customers in the least amount of time.
Bruce