Buy Labview 7, 7.1 for Linux

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Hi,

The company i work for is interested in porting existing Labview project onto the Linux platform. Although they willing to buy Labview 8, it seems
that this release needs stronger CPU and more memory to operate, and the startup time has extended compering to LV7. Therefore they want
to buy LV7 or LV7.1 for Linux.

Has anyone have any informations where could they buy LabView 7, 7.1 Full suite. Maybe some companies wants to get rid of LV7?

Regards
Albert

[Joe_W]

Dear Albert,

If you are wishing to use an earlier version of LabVIEW for Linux (7.0/7.1) you can purchase a current copy of LabVIEW 8.0 and then use that license for the older copy. National Instruments can burn you a copy of LV 7.x which you can deploy on your lower spec computer system.  This would then give the option to transfer code developed on 7.x to used in LV 8 in the future.  Continuous development of LV means that we exploit latest feature available in OSs which might limit your future developments of 7.x code.

Please note if you do manage to acquire a copy of LV 7.x make sure that it is a legitimate copy and not just some bodies cast off upgrade copy.  Upgrades are not a legal single seat copies as the licences follows the upgraded LV copy and not the disk.  If you get a copy you need to acquire a License Transfer Document - this would need to be supplied by the seller (beware of EBAY sellers a number are selling copied or upgraded disks and not offer the License Transfer Document).  I enclose this documentation.

Kind regards

Joe Woodford BSc MIEE

Northern European Engineering Manager

NI-UK