Rant alert!!!
So once again I’ve been getting incredibly frustrated by the
number of discussions on LinkedIn where people that should know better are
raising panic amongst the Hyperion user base because version 11.1.1.X. comes
off Premium Support in July 2013.
Now in my business, I should be supporting this kind of
scare mongering because the upgrade to the new versions will give us some
consulting revenue in our infrastructure team BUT my mummy taught me not to lie
so I can’t support it.
Let’s think about what this actually means…………
Coming out of premium support effectively means there will
be no further patches released for this version.
Why? Well the reason
is because this release is STABLE!!!!
Now put 2&2 together, a stable release does not generally need patches.
So in summary, if you are on 11.1.1.x and you are happy with
your applications functionality, resilience and performance then I have an
idea. Why don't you save yourself some
money and stay on this version?
There are thousands of customers still using Hyperion
Enterprise around the world. Forget
premium support, Oracle don’t even sell this product any more.
Coming off premium support is not a reason to upgrade in
isolation.
An upgrade should be really carefully considered. Before you even think about upgrading to the
latest version, which has already been found to have performance issues with
the ADF, perform a FULL RISK ANALYSIS and look at all the pros and cons.
The numpties that are spreading this scare mongering either
didn’t listen to their mummy and want to drum up some business or don’t know
what they’re doing.
No more scare mongering please!!!
YOU WON'T LIKE ME WHEN I'M MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!
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