for what i did, mathcad prime express was fine. i'm not doing anything complicated. just overlaying math onto pictures for documentation. i did some actual math with it but nothing complicated. also did math with mathcad 15 because i have used classic mathcad for a long time and find it more comfortable.
i think it's good they found an open source symbolic engine to use. trying to license things from competitors has got to be weird. but like you pointed out, it's a work in progress. i wonder if they will actually contribute their efforts back to the original open source software. or just horde everything they do. but at least it's not relying on maple or mathworks.
i think it would be good if ptc sold classic mathcad to maple and had them develop it and sell it. that way you'd get better math. the only thing is they need to keep it basically the same and able to import old mathcad files. i can care less about prime. if ptc continued selling it, i wouldn't buy it. i'd much rather have classic mathcad continue on.
i miss the old days when people posted files on the forum of mathsoft. that's how i learned mathcad, by studying peoples files. now it's just constant complaints about ptc. there is some help, but it's more like i have a problem help me. where as with the old mathsoft forum no one was complaining and people posted files for learning purposes. ptc has virtually killed mathcad. it's just all us old timers hoping something good will happen. the best thing would be if they sold it to maple, in my opinion.
like everyone here has said, we all have lots of old mathcad files and want to be able to open them. that's basically all i'm looking for at this point. i tolerate prime express because i have to, not because i want to. the e-store, the licensing, and the lack of any mention of classic mathcad are all concerning to me.
