production-code

Is there a reason not to use the latest version of library X?

My teammate and I have an argument, Is there a reason not to use the latest version of a library if we haven't coded anything at all yet? Right now we are talking about boost. We use a framework that uses some of boost's libraries. There is no API or ABI breakage, boost is mostly production stable. So why not use the latest version of bo...

Entity Framework: Shipping code?

I'm doing a talk on the Entity Framework at a local user group next week. I'll be mentioning my own experience with the Entity Framework and I'd like to include other real world experience with the EF. My questions: Have you shipped a product that uses the Entity Framework? If so, what industry/market? If you haven't used the Entity F...