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Originally Posted by ManFromDet
I've been using X-Cart since June or July, 2003. 4.0.9 will be my third version used "live". Rather than perform periodic upgrades, I've stuck with what seems to be a stable version at the time and ran with it until newer (stable) versions were released.
I've never been brave enough to perform periodic upgrades. That would've meant spending more time maintaining software rather than concentrating on my buisiness. I simply (clean) install the newer version on a different server, configure and customize, move my data, and then transfer my domain with the host.
Any other strategy for my business - as it is, specifically using X-Cart - would do more harm than good.
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Good post. Another thing to remember, is that you should buy/use the features you NEED. X-Cart is constantly evolving and trying to keep up with the upgrade cycle or feature releases take away from our bottom line. Making money. It's not about how good you look, it's about how much money you are lining your purse/wallet with.
I specifically skipped the 3.5 version because of stability issues. I would recommend to any newbies reading this to wait until 4.1 is released and then install the latest version of 4.0. The qty of changes in the changelog in this version (4.0) are still way too many in my opinion to consider this remotely stable.