Re: Re: Re: Wolfram Workbench 1.1 now available
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- Subject: [mg79419] Re: [mg79329] Re: [mg79296] Re: Wolfram Workbench 1.1 now available
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:34:52 -0400 (EDT)
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I've had exactly that experience more than once, myself. Very tedious. Bobby On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:59:01 -0500, Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote: > I had an annoying experience trying to download Workbench 1.1 yesterday > after receiving the e-mail from WRI with the relevant link: > > 1. After typing in the license number, agreeing to the license terms, > and clicking the Download button, I got a Server Error, please try > later, page. > > 2. Later I tried again and this time I got an "Expired Download" page > error message. > > 3. Nonetheless, I received an automated Produce Download Confirmation > e-mail! > > This has hardly been the first occasion when I've had trouble with > getting software to download from WRI -- far more than once I've had to > end up phoning Customer Service to have them send me a new link or reset > the permissions on the link already sent -- but definitely this was the > worst experience ever. On a par with the lousy infrastructure service > I've become accustomed to with such giants as Symantec. > > Let's hope the latest WRI snafu is merely a result of overwhelming > demand for 6.0, 6.0.1, and Workbench and not a degeneration of WRI > Customer Service or service infrastructure. > > DrMajorBob wrote: >> Nope, that didn't work. >> >> LOTS of run-around getting to it, then the same old error message. >> >> Bobby >> >> On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:42:56 -0500, Raul Martinez <raulm231 at comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >>> On the Wolfram web site, go to the Premier support page and follow >>> the instructions. You need to enter your Workbench license number, >>> not the Mathematica license number. >>> >>> You should be able to download the package without fuss. I did. >>> >>> Good luck, >>> >>> Raul Martinez >>> >>> On Jul 22, 2007, at 1:30 AM, Murray Eisenberg wrote: >>> >>>> They've done it again: early on a Friday morning announced here a new >>>> version of a product as "now available", and yet at least this Premier >>>> Service subscriber has no way at the moment of getting it. >>>> >>>> (The first instance was with the release of Mathematica 6.0.1.) >>>> >>>> I don't mind waiting...it's the tantalizing aspect of being told the >>>> produce is "available" yet it's at that time unobtainable! >>>> >>>> Maybe the news desk needs to coordinate better with customer serivce / >>>> order fulfillment. >>>> >>>> >>>> Wolfram Research wrote: >>>>> Wolfram Workbench 1.1 is now available and is fully compatible >>>>> with Mathematica 6. Built on Eclipse, Workbench is a complete >>>>> integrated development environment (IDE) for Mathematica >>>>> technologies that makes it easy to build, debug, and deploy >>>>> applications on any scale..... >>>>> >>>>> Workbench 1.1 is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and >>>>> requires Mathematica 5.2 or higher. It is available free to all >>>>> Wolfram Premier Service customers and can also be purchased from >>>>> the Wolfram store. Registered Premier Service customers and other >>>>> Workbench users will receive an email soon with details on how to >>>>> download their copies of Workbench 1.1. >>>> -- >>>> Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu >>>> Mathematics & Statistics Dept. >>>> Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) >>>> University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) >>>> 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 >>>> Amherst, MA 01003-9305 >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > -- DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com
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