Isn't it time for LV 2020 SP1?

[crossrulz]

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@rolfk wrote:
Although I guess the fact that OS X was in fact version 10 did have some influence too. Someone at Microsoft probably thought it would be a good idea to catch up with Apple. 😁

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Reminds me of the competition between Boeing and Lockheed Martin.  Boeing came out with the Delta IV (4), so Lockheed skipped the 4 and went to the Atlas V (5).

[RTSLVU]

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@Intaris wrote:

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@crossrulz wrote:

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@RTSLVU wrote:

...just like Microsoft skipped Windows 9 due to Windows 8 being such a P.O.S.

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Actually, Microsoft skipped "Windows 9" because they wanted to avoid confusion with "Windows 9x" (95 and 98).

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Random input: I read somewhere it had to do with some code checking which had long been in place to distinguish Win 85 and 98 from other OSes, and the parsing used to detect that was most likely going to think Windows 9 was actually either 95 or 98, so they skipped it. Literally an oversight in coding leading to a name change....

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2hwlrk/new_windows_version_will_be_called_windows_10/ck...

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That MS skipping win9 was a sad joke, like LabVIEW2020. 😛

[Hooovahh]

Anecdotal, but I've had plenty of success with upgrading to 2020.  I pretty much skipped 2019 except for some smaller projects.  RT support, and cross compiling for various targets is much better than 2017, and 2018.  I still have a couple of important XNet access violation crashes, but those aren't 2020 specific and there are work arounds.

[UliB]

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@billko wrote:

Seems a bit late...

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Today I received a mail from NI that announced a LabVIEW release schedule change.

We’re writing to let you know that the LabVIEW release schedule is changing. LabVIEW releases will now occur in January and July of each year. This new schedule starts in January 2021 with the release of LabVIEW 2020 SP1 and LabVIEW NXG 5.1.

[josborne]

So LabVIEW 2020 SP1 gets released in 2021.  If its January 2021, you'd think they'd keep it simple, and just call it LV 2021.  Then release an SP halfway through the year.

[crossrulz]

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@josborne wrote:

So LabVIEW 2020 SP1 gets released in 2021.  If its January 2021, you'd think they'd keep it simple, and just call it LV 2021.  Then release an SP halfway through the year.

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The major released have always corresponded with NI Week.  Starting in 2017, NI Week was moved from August to May.  Before that, we were making this exact same argument.  Notice LabVIEW 2016 did not have a service pack because 2017 was released the following May.

[Yamaeda]

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@josborne wrote:

So LabVIEW 2020 SP1 gets released in 2021.  If its January 2021, you'd think they'd keep it simple, and just call it LV 2021.  Then release an SP halfway through the year.

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I wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly what'll happen.

[benjamin-hinrichs · Accepted solution]

It was released three days ago as LV 2020 SP1. Not sure if it's available via NI Package Manager, but it may be downloaded from here:

https://www.ni.com/de-de/support/downloads/software-products/download.labview.html

[billko]

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@benjamin-hinrichs wrote:

It was released three days ago as LV 2020 SP1. Not sure if it's available via NI Package Manager, but it may be downloaded from here:

https://www.ni.com/de-de/support/downloads/software-products/download.labview.html

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Thank you for the update!

[crossrulz]

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@benjamin-hinrichs wrote:

It was released three days ago as LV 2020 SP1. Not sure if it's available via NI Package Manager, but it may be downloaded from here:

https://www.ni.com/de-de/support/downloads/software-products/download.labview.html

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With NIPM version 20.6, you won't see SP1 since the product browser was removed and SP1 is a different feed than non-SP1.

Now I'm waiting for the reaction people have to the new color scheme...