From: "Paul Mennen" <nospam@mennen.org>
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Subject: Re: upgrade to Vista
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> but the same goes for all replies in this forum.
> it´s a DEAD END...
>
> agree - in particular, since everything is explained here
>http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-36TXZP.html?solution=1-36TXZP <http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-36TXZP.html?solution=1-36TXZP>
 
I don't agree.

For one, I think TMW is being disingenuous here.
This type of error (licensing error) smells of intentional
obsolescence in an attempt to sell more software. Even if
it was unintentional, they are taking advantage of the
situation. It would be one thing if some feature in
WinXP that was required for Matlab to work disappeared
in the newer OS, but I doubt that is the case.

It shouldn't be that hard. I have software written
for WinXP that uses far more OS features than Matlab,
and it runs fine under Vista. (I even have a program
written in 1986 that still runs under Vista).

I also don't think it is a dead issue. The older
versions of Matlab are too useful to give up on them.
Many people have older versions and can't afford to
upgrade them. I have a current Matlab license, yet I
still sometimes use version 6.1 (yes, some things work
better in older versions). As Vista gets more and more
common, some motivated person will probably figure out
how to get older versions to run. (Hopefully they will
share it with us.)

I remember seeing programs that could cause one version
of Windows to masquerade as another. Perhaps something
like that would work?

~Paul