ASCOM 5.5 out

[g__day (Matthew)]

I've been following this for a while on the Yahoo ASCOM group (seriously do they need sometimes 60 e-mails a day?).

The s/w upgrades ASCOM 5a to 5.5. It may instal saying its Release Candidate 7 - but I believe its the final version.

Available from the main ASCOM website.

http://download.ascom-standards.org/...m5.5Update.exe


Matt

[jase (Jason)]

Awesome. Thanks for the heads up Matt.

[multiweb (Marc)]

I haven'tchanged my ASCOM platform in 2 years (still 4.4 from memory) because everything I use just works fine with it. Is there any features or reason to upgrade?

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

I haven'tchanged my ASCOM platform in 2 years (still 4.4 from memory) because everything I use just works fine with it. Is there any features or reason to upgrade?

Never upgrade if everything is working perfect
Do you need the upgrade? No!
Do you want to take the risk? No!

Why repair something when it isn't broken?

So there is no reason at all to upgrade

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by mill

Never upgrade if everything is working perfect
Do you need the upgrade? No!
Do you want to take the risk? No!

Why repair something when it isn't broken?

So there is no reason at all to upgrade

I don't know about that... Can it take pictures & guide and do all the rest for me while I chat with my mates? Then I'll upgrade

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

I don't know about that... Can it take pictures & guide and do all the rest for me while I chat with my mates? Then I'll upgrade

Me too in a flash, and V6 makes coffee and distills hard liquor in a jiffy

[g__day (Matthew)]

I always keep historic software versions, and track the effort folk are putting in. Its been months in the making - so happy to update when the s/w is finally released.

Look at Windows 7 - who would have thought that Microsoft would finally get it so right?

[troypiggo (Troy)]

There's arguments for and against upgrading software. If it's software that's been around a while and development might be a bit stagnant, and if it's stable, then I adopt the "it aint broke, don't fix it" adage. But software that's still on the way up, being actively developed with new features being regularly added, I say upgrade.

Take EQMod for example, those guys are very active and adding wonderful new features almost monthly. I upgrade every time. Sure there's the occasional bug, but they fix it almost immediately because they're so actively developing.