Install lion server

Can you keep your old settings and files when installing Lion Server over Lion?

"other things that might go wrong"...is that simply a comment on the history that major upgrades typically do strange things until the bugs are worked out
It was a CYA statement
Oobviously, Lion is not yet available publicly so it isn't possible to tell how soothly the migration procress will go. If it's anything like previous versions it'll work fine for 99% of users and the remaining 1% will be very vocal about how awful it was for them.
Overall, I just didn't want to be in a position where I said "you'll be fine" only to find that something non-CPU related cauces a hiccup.
In my opinion, if you only have one server and it's important to your business, hold off a little and let the dust settle. You won't lose mch by waiting a week or two, and that's long enough to get a feeling for how well it works.

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