Maplesoft: If You Touch Math... You Need Maple, Or, 2 lost graphic files at the main Maplesoft's

Hi Maple 10 potential customers all over the world,

How much one can trust Maplesoft if we speak of
sophisticated math stuff, streamlined development
process, quality assurance management?

Just a non-math observation (the math ones are coming).

Well, these folks seem to be too busy with Maple 10
rave advertizing and do not see that during more than
1 hour already (at least) at these pages (at least)
as of May 26, 2005, at the moment I am posting

1)

http://www.maplesoft.com/maple10/?p=m10-01-pro

2)

http://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/demo/index.aspx

a monumental-size graphic file just below the slogan,
in brownish,

If You Touch Math... You Need Maple

is not acccessible. (1) looks superb)

So the flabbergasted visitor observes just a small red
cross in the left upper corner instead of the concieved
by Maplesoft grandeur of Maple 10.

Isn't this emblematic on account of level of reliability
offered by Maplesoft'2005?

Now realize, developing Maple is a far much tougher challenge.


If You Touch Math... You Need Maple?

Vladimir Bondarenko

GEMM architect
Co-founder, CEO, Mathematical Director
Cyber Tester, LLC
13 Dekabristov Str, Simferopol
Crimea 95000, Ukraine

tel: +38-(0652)-447325
tel: +38-(0652)-230243
tel: +38-(0652)-523144
fax: +38-(0652)-510700

http://www.cybertester.com/
http://maple.bug-list.org/
http://www.CAS-testing.org/

 

VB:

Your vindictive streak appears to have led you astray, again. I was at
the pages you assert do not display properly last week and they
displayed just fine. I went there again about 20 minutes after your
posting appeared and they were, again, fine.

Your posting clearly demonstrates that you wish to persuade others from
purchasing or even considering using Maple 10, and Maple in general.
Why is it that you seem unable to believe that some people not only use
the product but are quite happy with it and willing to tolerate its
inadequacies because its strengths greatly outweigh the product's
weaknesses.

Your ability to demonstrate that software has bugs evidently brings you
great self-satisfaction. If you pursued that path constructively you
would be doing a service. Your destructive bent has been making your
work increasingly inconsequential. This posting where you reach out
and pick a nit with a web-site and extend that to an entire product is
an example of the pettiness with which you are making your otherwise
good name synonymous.

Your approach of shouting, "Ah ha, another software bug!" is not a path
to glory, or even to mundane achievement. Those of us who were
involved in software when memory was referred to as "core" because it
was and have been participating in and observing the advances in
computers and software are particularly unimpressed with your
inflammatory pettiness.

One of the virtues of language is the richness of figures of speech.
Your native tongue is rich with them. One of the tame ones from where
I grew up that comes to mind when I see your postings is, "Bee in the
bonnet" as in "V.B. sure has a bee in his bonnet!" You certainly have
managed to work yourself into quite a lather (as in horses that have
been ridden hard) over what appears to be some indignity that you have
suffered. Your self-induced lather is causing you to become a laughing
stock.

I put out a couple of responses to you before suggesting how you could
change your approach and become a positive force because I think that a
person of your intelligence and fortitude has much to offer. Again, I
urge you to rethink your approach before your good name becomes reviled
and ridiculed because of your boorish manners.

 

Thur,May 26 2005 1:39 pm

RL> Your vindictive streak appears to have led you astray, again.
RL> I was at the pages you assert do not display properly last week
RL> and they displayed just fine. I went there again about 20
RL> minutes after your posting appeared and they were, again, fine.

I just visited thre same links. Again, the pictures are absent.
But a day or 2 ago I saw them. Sure, I reloaded (and you?
maybe you used cached stuff?)

As for the rest, the only I can claim is that it seems up to now
nobody of general public realize the sweep of bugginess of Maple.

Which I am going to fix via maximal exposure a new layer of
Maple bug results.


Best wishes,

Vladimir Bondarenko

GEMM architect
Co-founder, CEO, Mathematical Director
Cyber Tester, LLC
13 Dekabristov Str, Simferopol
Crimea 95000, Ukraine

tel: +38-(0652)-447325
tel: +38-(0652)-230243
tel: +38-(0652)-523144
fax: +38-(0652)-510700

http://www.cybertester.com/
http://maple.bug-list.org/
http://www.CAS-testing.org/

 

As stupid as this thread between us is, I went there just now and used
both IE and Netscape 7.1 and both pages loaded fine. They are not
loading from cache. Perhaps there is a problem at your end?

 

http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=obsessed

 

The greatest problem is Vladimir Bondarenko himself.
I am more than fed up with all his stupid postings.

Harald Pleym
www.hpleym.no

 

RockyLake wrote:

RL> As stupid as this thread between us is, I went there just
RL> now and used both IE and Netscape 7.1 and both pages loaded
RL> fine. They are not loading from cache. Perhaps there is
RL> a problem at your end?


Yes, you are right.

Actually, I went to visit my parents in a tiny town and was
writing about the links from an Internet cafe with 4 computers
only. Surprisingly, with a specific computer, the problem is
still here, after these days, and persists despite all my
efforts (rebooting, cache cleaning etc)

But all is OK on a computer next to me.

The most funny point is that before the posting, sure, as
an experienced QA, I had an idea to check the links from
1-2 machines near me.

But that time, when I looked over the caffee, the folks over
there were focused so much at their stuff that I had not enough
chutzpah to ask them to give me a couple of minutes to validate
my results 8-(


By the way, my link fault shows how fallible human based
software testing is. How it is biased and unobjective.

At times, a psychological issue could result in a false start.


Coming back to my claims about the sweep of Maple bugs, let me
quote Mr Igor Khavkine

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.math.symbolic/msg/38ee80e6f0e24178?hl=en


IK> Damn, you're right! I really should be more careful with
IK> sweeping statements like that. Anyway, I think the above
IK> series is still good asymptotically as z -> oo. And that's
IK> good enough to get the limit.


Alas, there are dozens thousands distinct bug manifestations
in Maple 9.5.2.

 

(Harald Pleym) wrote on Sun,Dec 28 2003 1:48 pm

Subject: Re: euler(0,1) shows Maple bugs are really ubiquitous
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.maple/msg/9900bc5feec3c29c?hl=en

HP> Maplesoft still ignore all feedbacks from users, I think Maple
HP> will be off the market in few years.

Alas, I fully agree with you here.

[...]

HP> Sorry to say, but I think Maplesofts days are numbered.

And here, too. Provided, these folks will not get serious about
Maple development, about making it at last streamlined, and
thinking more about quality and user's comfort, not just about
packing the pockets. Adding nice graphics and facilities are much
appreciated, as soon as solid efforts are made about fixing the
bugs. Which over the last decade was not the case.


Harald Pleym writes on Fri,May 27 2005 4:32 pm

HP> The greatest problem is Vladimir Bondarenko himself.

My viewpoint differs a bit: The greatest problem is Maplesoft's
attitude to bug fixing when thousands bugs are not fixed over many
many years. Even when reported publicly!

As a Maplesoft customer, I have an absolute right to make each and
every effort possible to change the current status quo - turning,
step by step, a packed with bugs Maple into a powerful graphic
editor / publishing application.

If you would like this, more explanation is here

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.math.symbolic/msg/54371e38f43d7e0c?hl=en


HP> I am more than fed up with all his stupid postings.

Not everyone is so clever, polite and QA-experienced like you.

Anyway, why martyr yourself with reading my postings?
Please just kindly ignore them, that's all there is to it.


Best wishes,

Vladimir Bondarenko
GEMM architect
Co-founder, CEO, Mathematical Director
Cyber Tester, LLC
13 Dekabristov Str, Simferopol
Crimea 95000, Ukraine

tel: +38-(0652)-447325
tel: +38-(0652)-230243
tel: +38-(0652)-523144
fax: +38-(0652)-510700

http://www.cybertester.com/
http://maple.bug-list.org/
http://www.CAS-testing.org/

 

Anyway, why martyr yourself with reading my postings?

Yes, Vladimir, you are quite right.

Harald Pleym
www.hpleym.no