Reasons and advantages for upgrading to Java 6 for a non-technical decider (at the client)

Question

I\'d like to upgrade from Java 5 to Java 6. We all know about the technical advantages and benefits, but:

I have the problem that a major client refuses to upgrade f

Answer 1

I'm going to answer from the point of view of the client.

Our systems development shop is still using Java 5. To migrate to Jave 6, we have to test our entire portfolio.

When we moved from Java 4 to Java 5, the process took 6 months, and involved some code changes (mostly changing enum variable names to enumerate).

At this time, our systems development shop has decided that the benefits of Java 6 are not worth the migration pain,

Your bank client feels the same way. They will not migrate until they are forced to migrate to Java 6.