What is with all these MATLAB updates?

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Daniel Dolan
Daniel Dolan on 25 Jun 2020
Commented: Walter Roberson on 26 Jun 2020
Why are there so many MATLAB updates lately? There are two formal releases each year, but now it's pretty much a given that one or more updates will be pushed out between those releases. MATLAB 2020a is already in update 3! Are there more bugs per release now, or are these bugs more severe than in the past?
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John D'Errico
John D'Errico on 25 Jun 2020
Also remember that as more and more toolboxes are introduced, there will be potentially more and more things to catch, more things to fix, more interactions between products. The total number of updates seems to be relatively uniform over the last couple of years though, based on the plot by Adam. Anyway, I'd rather see a fix sooner than later, and be forced to wait for the next full release.
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 26 Jun 2020
One of the common criticisms of Mathworks in the past was that they "forced" people to buy product updates in order to get bug fixes.

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