Re: Update 6.0.2
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- Subject: [mg86623] Re: Update 6.0.2
- From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:11:09 -0500 (EST)
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Richard Palmer wrote: > The roll out of 6.0.1 is not being handled very well -- even for > premier customers. As of the end of last week, there is no > discussion of the new release at the premier section of the website > and there has been no communication to premier service customers about > what is going on. > > WR is acting like a company with severe internal problems. I don't > know whether they are getting them from growth or if something else is > going on. They appear to be very unprepared on the customer service > and tech support side for the 6.x release. It's very sad. > > Bottom line -- it's a great product, but it isn't ready for large > scale development work. What an absurd over reaction (as well as your muddle over the version number). I presume the new release gets mentioned on the site after everyone has been informed. I would far rather download approximately 400 MB of code at a time when the server is not overloaded - even if that means that I wait a day or two more. I can't see what relevance a short delay like that has to do with Mathematica's suitability for development work! David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk
- References:
- Update 6.0.2
- From: Kowalczyk-Schröder <HB-Kowalczyk-Schroeders@t-online.de>
- Update 6.0.2