Would NI consider posting old copies of LabVIEW

[Lavezza]

I just watched the NI tutorial "A Simple Thermocouple Measurement - 1994 and 2004". It shows writing a VI in LabVIEW 7 vs. LabVIEW 3.1. It got me wondering just what the really early versions of LabVIEW were like. Seeing as the early versions were on a handful of floppies, they wouldn't be a big download. I even have an old Mac in storage, so LabVIEW 1.0 would be an option. Anyway, I can't see how releasing the 1.0-3.1 versions as freeware could possibly hurt sales of 7.0. Every year at NIWeek they have old machines running the old software, so NI must have a few copies that are easy to get to. Maybe have the person in charge of that booth add them as a bonus on the 2004 NIWeek CD.

[JuanCarlos]

Hi,

This is an idea subjected to plenty of debate.
I'm sure it would be valuable to have those versions out there, however it may help push old technology back and it could become a support problem.

I suggest that you submit an official request for this through the product feedback page. Go to http://www.ni.com/contact and select product feedback a small applet. This is the shortest way between you requests and the people how make the decisions.

Thanks for the feedback.

Regards,

Juan Carlos
N.I.