On Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:12:41 -0500
Ann Harrison <aharrison@...> wrote:

> > I do not have time to upgrade to V2.0 or v2.5 before the new server
> > would be in. I fully intend to when time permits. Thus, the
> > reason I'm asking if it could be done to allow them to continue
> > while I do the conversion.
> I guess what Konstantin was saying is "'Unsupported' means that
> version isn't tested on
> new operating system versions."

No, I mean that if the OP discovers FB 1.5 doesn't work on Windows 2012,
the best he will be able to possibly do is to fetch its source code and
try to fix the problem himself, or try to pay some of the FB developers
to do that. Unsupported version means that bugs in it are not fixed
because the codebase has moved on, and the human resources are limited
(and are better spent elsewhere).

Of course, there's always a possibility to create a virtualized Windows
XP instance on that server, and install FB 1.5 on it. Windows XP will
be EOL'ed this year as well, but if one is about to mess with
fossilized software anyway, the overall situation would not be too
much worse to deal with. ;-)