According to SAP/Sybase it's just name change to fall in line with the SAP way of doing things, as they continue to integrate product lines. SP stands for Support Package, where ESD stands for Electronic Software Distribution, but functionally they are both patches to prior software releases.
According to SAP/Sybase it's just name change to fall in line with the SAP way of doing things, as they continue to integrate product lines. SP stands for Support Package, where ESD stands for Electronic Software Distribution, but functionally they are both patches to prior software releases.
Some of the expected changes between versions of ASE can be found here: http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1038641
More about the change in patch naming: http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1099335
Rob Verschoor, one of the SAP Sybase Engineers just posted a blog about this very topic: http://scn.sap.com/community/sybase-ase-custom-applications/blog/2013/06/02/sybase-ases-version-numbering-goes-the-sap-way