What do you think about an Emerson takeover?

[JÞB]

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@crossrulz wrote:

I'm currently of the opinion that it will not happen.  Either way, I'm not worried about it.  I have enough other drama happening in my life.

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Well, it happened. It would be nice to hear a statement from the community managers about continuing community investment. 

[pallen]

Just got the email notice.  

https://www.emerson.com/en-us/news/2023/emerson-completes-ni-acquisition

(also noticed a new pop-up when I logged in)  

[markwni]

Hello JÞB,

Thank you for your interest. At this time, we have no specific announcement related to the community. As stated in The Future of NI and Emerson, "Our focus as we come together is continuity for you. Your point-of-contact and engagement with us will remain unchanged, and we’re committed to keeping you informed and connected as we bring our companies together."

Best,
Mark

[PaulG.]

LabVIEW is abandoning the MAC. I wonder if this is the first step in "cost cutting" in R&D. I'm no fan of MAC, but this is sad. LabVIEW was developed on the Apple OS.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/11/labview-programming-app-abandons-the-mac-after-four-decad...

[crossrulz]

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@PaulG. wrote:

LabVIEW is abandoning the MAC. I wonder if this is the first step in "cost cutting" in R&D.

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This was in the works long before the acquisition.  More details are in the thread on the LabVIEW board about the MacOS support going away.

[Hooovahh]

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@PaulG. wrote:

LabVIEW is abandoning the MAC. I wonder if this is the first step in "cost cutting" in R&D.

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Cost cutting steps to make NI look more appealing has seemingly been going on for years.  Ending NXG, ending user group support (then maybe bringing it back), seemingly ending FIRST support and academics in general, subscription only licensing, ending or drastically reducing forum support, reducing support in general, off loading purchasing to other companies like Newark, reducing R&D, replacing NI Week with a cheaper convention, and ending partnership with the certification company are some of the first things that come to mind.  Ending Mac support will also free up resources, while likely reducing the appeal to students, and educators. 

NI has succeeded in making themselves look more valuable, but I fear the cost of this is making LabVIEW adoption and usage drastically go down.  Some at NI that I've expressed this to have denied that this is their goal.

[Yamaeda]

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@PaulG. wrote:

LabVIEW is abandoning the MAC. I wonder if this is the first step in "cost cutting" in R&D. I'm no fan of MAC, but this is sad. LabVIEW was developed on the Apple OS.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/11/labview-programming-app-abandons-the-mac-after-four-decad...

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I remember being surprised at NI week at how many of the demos and NI staff that used MACs. I've never seen it used in a Lab or Production setting, but maybe it's more common than i know.

[wiebe@CARYA]

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@Yamaeda wrote:

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@PaulG. wrote:

LabVIEW is abandoning the MAC. I wonder if this is the first step in "cost cutting" in R&D. I'm no fan of MAC, but this is sad. LabVIEW was developed on the Apple OS.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/11/labview-programming-app-abandons-the-mac-after-four-decad...

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I remember being surprised at NI week at how many of the demos and NI staff that used MACs. I've never seen it used in a Lab or Production setting, but maybe it's more common than i know.

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I've noticed that too.

I personally don't care much about LV on mac or (mac in general) 🙄.

However, where the rest of the applications and languages seem to get more flexible (OS\CPU ignorant), LabVIEW's flexibility seems to be regressing... I do care about that.

[mcduff]

Good Read here, a bit depressing

https://nihistory.com/nis-commitment-to-labview/