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Fred_Kohlhepp23-Emerald I
23-Emerald I
April 11, 2017
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"30 years of continuous development"

A direct quote from the current tweet about the Digital Engineering editorial:

"PTC Mathcad Prime engineering math software has 30-something years of continuous development and field use that has honed its features."

Really?

I seem to recall a step change between Mathcad 15 and Prime 1.0 a few years ago.

AndyWestermanAnswer
12-Amethyst
April 12, 2017

it does say "continuous development" not "continuous improvement" & that does easily step around the "negative enhancement" and "feature simplification" issues that may (or may not??) have occurred ...

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Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
April 12, 2017

Do we know in which way "development" is defined by PTC?

Guess we don't use the same definition.

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LucMeekes23-Emerald V
23-Emerald V
April 12, 2017

Maybe it's just 7.5 PTC employees working 4 years to get out Prime 1, 2, 3, 3.1 and 4.

7.5x4=30 (man)year.

And yes there has been and is field use of Prime, but the honing only took place on some details (I won't say they are insignificant details), but the big picture still needs some major construction work.

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    nas0k1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    April 12, 2017

    Oh, I read it as 30 - something (thirty minus a variable called "something) years...

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      AndyWesterman12-AmethystAnswer
      12-Amethyst
      April 12, 2017

      it does say "continuous development" not "continuous improvement" & that does easily step around the "negative enhancement" and "feature simplification" issues that may (or may not??) have occurred ...

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        Raiko17-Peridot
        17-Peridot
        April 12, 2017

        "30 years of continuos development" does neither claim to be innovative nor fast paced.Fake news so to say.

        Raiko

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