ok, ok we've beaten this subject to death already ....
I just had this really radical and crazy idea:
XILINX, how about a BETA program ? I mean one before you burn the CDs and make a product announcement and we are stuck with a useless plastic disc.
If I look at all the issues that people are having with 7.1, they are all so trivial and easy to to solve (include a few libs, distribute a statically linked setup program, etc.).
I'm sure a few of us with subscription would volunteer to test drive a pre-release version of your s/w. - I know I would.
Wouldn't that be much nicer than shipping Beta software and having everybody whine and complain ???
Wouldn't it be nicer if people would post messages expressing their joy how easy and functional the s/w upgrade was ?
All you need is a dozen or so beta testers. Don't tell me thats more work than to creating all the work around and answer records and all the support calls ....
As I said, a very radical idea !
rudi ============================================================= Rudolf Usselmann, ASICS World Services,