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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello list,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I presently use the 1.4 releases because I enjoy sleeping at night. I understand that 1.4 reaches end-of-life in a little over 8 months (<a href="https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Versions">https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Versions</a>). I also know (as best as I can) that no genie is going to make Asterisk 1.4 go “poof” on this date. My clients would probably sleep better thinking they were running a PBX that didn’t have this “drop dead” date however. Since 1.6.X has the same time constraints as 1.4, it seems it would be a waste of time going that direction. Should I go down the 1.8 .X path to have 4 years of time, but the headaches that have been documented here, or pursue the 10.X which is presently considered Beta? (is it really beta, or just relabeled 1.8?).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Danny Nicholas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>