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From: "Chaos" <rothko.fan@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Do not upgrade to Matlab2009a
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:47:01 +0000 (UTC)
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"Francois Tadel" <francois.tadel@gmail.com> wrote in message <gs027a$8d1$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> I've worked with almost all the recent Matlab releases (WinXP 32bits). With each new release, I discover a few improvements a many new bugs. For my use, the most stable appeared to be Matlab 2007b, that's why I've kept it for 2 years.
> 
> I upgraded to Matlab 2009a three weeks ago, and I regret it a lot: now it crashes at least 15 times per day, even because of really basic GUI operations (copy/paste, new file, open file, ...)
> It is the most unstable Matlab version since a long time...
> 
> It's a shame to make people pay to get programs that are each time less reliable.
> 
> Mathworks should stop produce TWO new versions per year: one is enough, and they could spend the other six months to fix all the bugs introduced at each new release.
> It was a good idea, but obviously it doesn't work.
> 
> Francois

I've run old ver 7.5 for 5 to 16 hours continuous under WinDoZ with no stability problems.  trying do your work with -nojvm