Upgrade version and pricing [was] Re: Fix it before moving ahead

[Marian Petrides]

Yes.  So long as customers are still using 9.1.1, there is an implicit 
obligation to fix bugs therein.  Once a product is purchased, the 
manufacturer has an implicit obligation to the purchaser to ensure that 
it functions as advertised.  Simply releasing a "new version" does not 
relieve one of the obligation to fix defects in the older version.

If I buy the last 2004 automobile sold by Toyota, they are still 
obliged to fix defects in that vehicle for duration of the warranty 
period and, in the case of major recallable defects even after the 
expiration of the explicit warranty.  Saying: "Oh we no longer sell 
that model" does not relieve them of their responsibility to purchasers 
of the earlier model.

Are you suggesting that if I buy 9.1.1 today and you release 10.0 
tomorrow that you have no obligation whatsoever to me to ensure that 
9.1.1 meets the specifications you set out for it , specifications upon 
which I based my decision to purchase it?   Surely that cannot be 
right.

Marian



On Mar 14, 2004, at 2:32 PM, Dar Scott wrote:

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> Are you suggesting that there be versions branch for every upgrade, 
> that is, that bugs found for 9.1.1 be fixed even after the company has 
> released 10.0.0?
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> Dar Scott
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