We - my company - used to get quarterly LabVIEW updates. This was started with LabVIEW 8.5. Then it became annually. Then due to "NI got to save $1 program" - sorry, "To reduce our environmental impact, we deliver updated versions of our software digitally" bull - we never heard from NI again. This year, when I noticed that we hadn't had any update since 2017, I contacted NI. They had me jump through a few hoops on their site and I got the "latest" release last month as a thumb drive ... LabVIEW Professional 2018 SP none.
I understand the latest is 2019 SP1. So for having to convince my bosses every year that they need to spend thousand of dollars for our annual SSP contract, why am I having to stay on top of NI now to get the correct versions?
Back in the day, I felt that NI engineering and management was concerned about their product and their customers. Now it seems the penny-pinchers are in control. Save $1 today even though it costs $5 in the future.
Thanks for letting me rant before I have to justify next year's SSP renewal.
