>The problem with both LV and MATLAB is that once you've done the basics, and now you want to turn it into something that you can maintain and sell. That's tru

>The problem with both LV and MATLAB is that once you've done the basics, and now you want to turn it into something that you can maintain and sell. That's true, but it's not their strong selling point. There's tons of problems to solve at the r&d stage when dealing with custom hardware, a dozen different instruments and algorithm exploration. That's where these tools shine and the reason they're ubiquitous in industrial/military/aerospace environments. For a full product with drivers, libraries and fast, customer friendly UI sure there are better solutions, but there's no law that dictates to use the same tools at the development stage