Re: Re: Re: Wolfram Workbench 1.1 now available
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- Subject: [mg79396] Re: [mg79329] Re: [mg79296] Re: Wolfram Workbench 1.1 now available
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:22:56 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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For the record: Yesterday WRI sent e-mail saying they had reset the link permission. This time it worked! Thank goodness for helpful, live people at WRI (even when their computer infrastructure isn't working properly). (Still one quirk: an e-mail arrived confirming the download before the download had completed!) Murray Eisenberg 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 >>>> >>> >> >> > -- 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
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- Re: Wolfram Workbench 1.1 now available
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob@bigfoot.com>
- Re: Re: Wolfram Workbench 1.1 now available
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu>
- Re: Wolfram Workbench 1.1 now available