CAM Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Not sure I can post them here? Had a browse through them mind you can came accross: Added support for Office 2010 32-bit Where is the love for 64-bit? We still can't migrate everyone over as many staff are on new 64-bit systems.
synaesthesia Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Still so far behind the times it's unbelievable. I have to ask over and over again (and I did when I was employed by them) - how the hell are they still able to say they are "forward thinking" and looking to secure school's futures? They can't even get out of the past. Great example is FMS.
Norphy Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Even Microsoft are recommending that you stick with 32 bit Office 2010, they're treating it as something of a tech demo rather than a production ready program. You can't really blame Capita for that
synaesthesia Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Tech demo's for 15 year old technology, whatever next? Legacy 32bit in modern computer systems is no better than the "Y2K" bug.
matt40k Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Great example is FMS. Completely agree, not about SIMS, but FMS. When I was talking with someone about it they were suprised they were still able to update FMS when it's using Crystal Reports v4, BDE and Dephi and MSSQL2008. Death of FMS6 can't come fast enough. I look forward to no more BDE security, Delphi printing and general rubbish errors because it's using such old technology with new hardware and software.
Edu-IT Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Still so far behind the times it's unbelievable. I have to ask over and over again (and I did when I was employed by them) - how the hell are they still able to say they are "forward thinking" and looking to secure school's futures? They can't even get out of the past. Great example is FMS. Where are you looking? Doc ID 17642? The pre-release note says Support for Office 2010 (32 and 64 bit) so I guess they've changed that?
eejit Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Most addons do not work with Office 2010 64bit unfortunately. Had to alter my MDT image when it became apparent that even Microsoft say you should only install the 64 bit version in rare occasions for certain people who work with humongous Excel files for instance.
vikpaw Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Just had a scary thought, that if i use Windows Server 2008 R2 and want to install Office it might not be happy, but 32 bit apps will work fine on 64 bit OS. Fingers crossed touch wood et al. Executing 32-bit applications on 64-bit - VolkerW's WebLog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs --
DrCheese Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 I'm not usually one for defending Capita's glacial support policy but they can't really be put down for not supporting the 64bit version of 2010. I realise it's a whole chicken and egg thing but virtually no one supports 64bit office properly, even Microsoft recommend you stick with 32bit for now. Unlike moving the base OS to 64bit, there's zero reasons why a school would need the feature set of the 64bit version of office at this time, other than providing a warm glow inside for us techs.
pete Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 What's on the roadmap for FMS? Cleansing fire, hopefully. It makes Sage Instants look replete with useful working features and our finance dept die a little inside when they find a common reasonable expectation isn't supported in FMS.
DrCheese Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Cleansing fire, hopefully. Haha, made me cackle. Horrible product with random error messages that make no sense to me
Edu-IT Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 But yes, does anyone have an ID of these release notes or a link?
CAM Posted March 17, 2011 Author Posted March 17, 2011 I'm not at work today, I'll dig out the ID number when I get back as they are on the LA Intranet.
Edu-IT Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 I can only assume you're talking about the Pre release note because as SIMS Spring release hasn't been released yet, there's no release note. 1
CAM Posted March 17, 2011 Author Posted March 17, 2011 Yeah that rings a bell, I'll edit that. Hmm seems I can't edit the post anymore.
CAM Posted March 18, 2011 Author Posted March 18, 2011 OK got the download number for SupportNet users: 17642 Also of note, 64-bit Office 2010 support has appeared on the notes in the recent update. \o/
Sivadam Posted March 18, 2011 Posted March 18, 2011 (edited) OK got the download number for SupportNet users: 17642 Also of note, 64-bit Office 2010 support has appeared on the notes in the recent update. \o/ This pre-release note has been available for over a month and was lasted updated on 18th Feb so I am a little puzzled as to why this thread appeared on the date that it did .... Edited March 18, 2011 by Sivadam
Edu-IT Posted March 18, 2011 Posted March 18, 2011 This pre-release note has been available for over a month and was lasted updated on 18th Feb so I am a little puzzled as to why this thread appeared on the date that it did .... That's what got me too.
CAM Posted March 18, 2011 Author Posted March 18, 2011 Gah! I didn't spot that on SupportNet (though I picked it up off a different feed anyway that published it for the first time a few days ago).
Sivadam Posted March 18, 2011 Posted March 18, 2011 Gah! I didn't spot that on SupportNet (though I picked it up off a different feed anyway that published it for the first time a few days ago). No worries CAM! I have read the posts on the thread a number of times and was puzzled by both the timing and the content. At least your reservations about Office are now allayed. 1
Banjo Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 But yes, does anyone have an ID of these release notes or a link? The Beta is out. Couple of nice touches - Quick Search Toolbar and Progress Grid Entry. I've heard a rumour that Capita might skip the next .Net version of FMS and move straight to Cloud.
AyatollahPies Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 The Beta is out. Couple of nice touches - Quick Search Toolbar and Progress Grid Entry. I've heard a rumour that Capita might skip the next .Net version of FMS and move straight to Cloud. Trusting your Financial data to the "cloud"? I think not. However, I will party like it's 1999 when they retire they current version of FMS, as my biggest annoyance is dealing with cheque printing issues. 1
DrCheese Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 as my biggest annoyance is dealing with cheque printing issues. ugh! Tell me about it
Banjo Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Trusting your Financial data to the "cloud"? I think not. However, I will party like it's 1999 when they retire they current version of FMS, as my biggest annoyance is dealing with cheque printing issues. The plan (rumour) is that Capita will move Sims to cloud in 2015/16
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