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As Chris and others have noted, I think that is an unfair characterization. I think this born more out of anger at the SP1 terms than of the general bugginess of 2009. It is my anecdotal experience that the quality of NI software has generally improved over the years. There have been hiccups here and there, but I find LabVIEW, etc. more stable than in the earlier years. Let me preface my following comments by saying that I don't agree with NI's verbiage on SP1 nor am I trying to defened them. I am just trying view it from the opposite side to understand the motivation. Let the flames fly. On the requirement of an active SSP for using SP1: Stop for a moment. I think it affects relativley few LabVIEW users. If it does happen to affect you, that is little consolation. But you might need to adjust your "upgrade" practices. Let me explain: 1) If you purchased 2009, then you have 1 year SSP built-in. No charge for bug fixes. 2) If you buy the upgrade to 2009 from an earler version, ditto above. 3) If you have an active SSP (per SP1 terms) there is no charge. 4) If you are not using 2009, you're not affected. The only users it would affect are those that had an existing SSP (ealier LV version, Dev Suite or VLA) and let it expire between the release of LV2009 and the release of SP1, but they used that SSP to upgrade to 2009 before the expiration. If you are upgrading to a new version, you might want to question the practice of letting SSP expire. Everyone else should be covered. Like I said at the beginning, I don't agree with terms, but if affects few users and those it does affect had a choice. On the motivation of NI to adopt these terms: I think it comes down to users getting up to two years of SSP for the price of one. Take the following example: I purchase LV8.6 in Oct 2008. I get my 1 year of SSP. I get the 8.6.1 maintenance release. NI releases LV2009 in August 2009. I upgrade to LV2009 in September. I let my SSP expire in October 2009. I get 2009f2 and f3 fixes. NI releases LV2009 SP1 to active SSP users only. I am "locked out" of the additional bug fixes by not keeping SSP active. But if NI let me have access to SP1, I'd be getting a year and a half of SSP (minus the priority phone support). That could extend close to 2 years if they have additional fixes come out. I'm not defending these terms, just offering up this viewpoint for you to chew on and spit out as you wish. If you disagree with NI, make your voice and case known. [EDIT] Jeff Phillips has made some additional eloquent arguments from the NI side above. I second that 100%. If you have a good a DSM/FSE then work with them. Have the above discussions with them and raise the issue. I've usually found them willing to do whatever is reasonable to help out. -Scott

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