>That decision is generally not up to the individual developer, is it? Unless they're an independent, and often not even then if the client has other ideas. I know you are in the business of teaching people how to use the latest and greatest right away, but that is not the way many shops work.
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>Mike, you haven't been reading many of my posts then - I've said many times that businesses often choose the tool, now more than ever.
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>And actually, I don't use the "latest and greatest right away"....that's a subject for another day, but I don't.
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>And finally, the trend over the last 5 years is that (comparatively) more shops are migrating to the newest version more quickly than before.

It would be interesting to see a citation for that.