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From: "Steve Amphlett" <Firstname.Lastname@Where-I-Work.com>
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Subject: Re: Do not upgrade to Matlab2009a
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:00:25 +0000 (UTC)
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"Jan Simon" <matlab.THIS_YEAR@nMINUSsimon.de> wrote in message <gs5u4e$77o$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Dear Scott!
> 
> I am surprised by the emotions in this discussion. The facts are simple:
> 1. Upgrade means: new features, new bugs, some fixed old bugs, some incompatibilities.
> 2. No upgrade means: no new features, no new bugs, no fixed bugs, no incompatibilities.
> This is the classical behaviour of complex systems and not restricted to powerful software. As consequence the decision depends on the demands of the user: If you need new features, buy a new release and be frightened of new bugs. If you need a reliable system with known limitations/bugs, stay at the running and tested release.

I would be interested to know the criteria used by The MathWorks to select and prioritize new features.  Similarly how to rank the severity of known bugs.  Do large customers influence development policies?  Or is everything decided from within?

- Steve