Sarah and Mike… Probably

This is the email conversation that Mike had with Andrew today, and says a lot about how the geek’s mind works:

A: What is the ETA for mini Mike?

M: Mike 2.0 is due to be released on 23 August – 9 more weeks!

A: So the bump is still in alpha testing, although the proof of concept(ion) was a success?!

M: Yes. But as we’re increasing stress testing, Sarah’s uptime is gradually decreasing due to the load. I’m looking forward to the release day, but Sarah’s more concerned with the first few months of live feedback.

A: There may be resource hogging issues and conflicts with the other, 3 year old version of the system. It may be a challenge to operate both in parallel. Perhaps an outsourcing deal can be arranged to cover at peak times.

M: It’s long been a requirement that version 2.0 must run in parallel with the 3-year old version, so we can’t simply deprecate it and discontinue support when 2.0 is released, but yes, an outsourcing deal can be arranged from time to time. The release procedure of 2.0 will mean that for a short period, support for the older version will have to be completely outsourced, before making the first attempts to run them together.