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"Reese, Terry" <[log in to unmask]>
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MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 7 Mar 2011 15:20:46 -0800
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Paul, 

I can understand that -- however, Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows XP SP2, and for good reason.  It's one of the last version of Windows that allowed programs to go willy nilly mucking about with the system registry (and other parts of the system).  Most tools that don't run on Windows XP SP 3 probably shouldn't have run in the first place.  If you develop on Windows, Microsoft does provide a set of best practices that really should be followed to ensure long-term support.  Those that broke after Windows XP SP3 (and MarcEdit was one of them), broke because we were not adhering to best practices and likely were using the registry to move data between programs, when likely we shouldn't have been.   But as you say, there are many and often times Microsoft's compatibility settings simply won't work these types of programs.  And while Windows XP SP3 is something you can download for free -- the cost associated with replacing or working around programs that will not work with it does have a real cost (as you point out).

With that said, if I'm going to use .NET (and I'm pretty invested in it both on Windows and 'Nix side) -- then I have to move the application forward.  As I say, some of the work I'm doing with OCLC sped this process along -- but regardless, the development roadmap I keep for the program had this moved pegged for June 2011 -- regardless.  If you can't (or won't) run a system that supports the version of .NET required (specifically, this is Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile), I'd very much suggest running MarcEdit via Linux.  I run the program this way all the time.  Updates are more of a manual process (because you have to do it yourself) -- but otherwise it seems to work quite well and I have a YouTube video posted just this weekend that demonstrates how you'd do the install.

--TR

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Archives and
> Collections Society
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 1:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] FYI for the next update
> 
> At 09:09 AM 3/7/2011 -0800, Reese, Terry wrote:
> [snip]
> >   Regardless of work I was doing with OCLCs tools, MarcEdit would have
> >shifted to the .NET 4.0 framework no later than June.  This is
> >something  that is being done for three reasons:
> >1)      The .NET 3.0 framework (which MarcEdit currently uses) is over 3
> >years old.  In many ways, .NET is like Java.  As they make changes,
> >enhancements, etc., they change the framework number.  There are simply
> >some enhancements to the framework and some bugs that have been
> fixed
> >that I would like to stop working around.  With OCLC announcing that
> >Connexion will be moved to .NET Framework 4 that was enough for me to
> >decide to make that change.
> [snip]
> 
> Terry,
> 
> Unfortunately, there are "system requirements" dictated by Microsoft -
> which include SP3 for WinXP. This is something that for various [security,
> functional, financial and esoteric] reasons I refuse to do on the many WinXP
> machines that we run at our institution - we decided, over many years and
> after a huge expenditure of time and effort on SP3, Vista and Win7, that
> WinXP SP2 would be the last Microsoft OS that we would use while migrating
> to Linux. This maintains backwards compatibility with dozens of useful
> applications that are intrinsic to our operations, but denies us the possibility
> of using MarcEdit 5.5 on the two machines currently using it.
> 
> We have not yet used the Linux version - but will try over the next few days
> and look into staff training requirements. I can only request that, whatever
> the importance of OCLC to you and some other users, you maintain the very
> high quality of service to the majority. Having been involved in software
> development and deployment for more years than I care to remember, I can
> assure you that a majority of worldwide users do *not* follow the Microsoft
> gravy train when it comes to OS updates and the associated licensing.
> 
> Best regards,
> Paul
> Tired old sys-admin.
> 
> ---
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> conservation and education.
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