Bug in quiver

[Steven Verstoep]

I think in general that opensource can't compete with commercial  
products.

You are right. i will be paying that $100 for a matlab license. My  
time is worth more.

A bug in software will affect every user. If there is an imbalance  
between programmers and users the working-time wasted by the users  
will in the end cost more than the working-time saved by the having  
less programmers.

For any product it holds that user satisfaction is the prime aspect  
for product survival. If a product will not perform as promised,  
people will discourage other users from using it.

How old is octave by now? And it still can't draw a vector field?

If you know that matrix dimensions are awkwardly defined in Matlab/ 
Octave. You test it!

I always test my octave code for uneven matrix sizes

You should be glad that there are users like me that take the time to  
in great detail report a bug and give advice. You may have no idea how  
many users trashed the software in the bin, because of this bug.

> Simply griping in a condescending way is unlikely to
> help your cause.


As said; I already solved my problem. I just don't want other users to  
go trough what I've been through. But maybe I should just shut up next  
time, or tell them to buy Matlab?

Thanks,

Stever

Op 16 Jan 2009, om 18:33 heeft John W. Eaton het volgende geschreven:

> On 16-Jan-2009, Steven Verstoep wrote:
>
> | Hi all,
> |
> | A Bug in octave just wasted a day of my work:
>
> | Already for 2 weeks I am trying to make a scientific plot.  
> Opensource
> | really should get their act together if they want to be a serious
> | alternative for commercial software. This is the 2nd time I have to
> | subscribe to this mailing list. I am reporting this just for your
> | information, since I already solved my problem.
>
> Would you be willing to pay for better support, or would you just like
> to complain about the software and support that you are getting for
> free?
>
> Do you think that "Opensource" is a charity project designed to
> benefit you?
>
> jwe