Ah, you have just stepped foot where no mans hands have ever been. I work for an agency, and the policy here is not to be the guinea pig for vendors. A prime example is that I'm using Windows XP, JFW 9 and Eclipse 3.3. It comes down to two real factors.... Is the product stable and does the new version offer better features. Eventually in the case of the OS, we are forced to upgrade because of sun setting but that's the rare situation. We still have VB6 apps running in prod that work just fine and do not require upgrading aside from maintenance. Jim -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Engebretson Jr. Sent: August 25, 2010 13:23 To: program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-java] Re: newbie Is there any benifit to using an older version of Eclipse? Jim, may I ask why you do not upgrade to the most recent version? Thanks, David