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It appears (as the main page suggests "We've added download links for Cumulus V1 and Cumulus MX in the new Software/Downloads page ") there was a bit of conflict between '''Downloads''' page and '''Software''' page.
It appears (as the main page suggests "We've added download links for Cumulus V1 and Cumulus MX in the new Software/Downloads page ") there was a bit of conflict between '''Downloads''' page and '''Software''' page.
*Ken True created new "Downloads" section in this Wiki referenced from other pages; to this were added the Cumulus 1 final version software download, the help file download and the Cumulus 1 special downloads for Instromet.
*Ken True added download links to the original page of this name; he added the Cumulus 1 final version software download, the help file download and the Cumulus 1 special downloads for Instromet.
*Mark Crossley on taking over Cumulus MX development created a new Wiki page just for links to his GitHub pages where the source and distributions for MX are now held (instead of as attachments to forum posts).
*Mark Crossley on taking over Cumulus MX development created a new Software page in this Wiki just for MX downloading information
*Niall Hosiene edited the new Software page to make it one destination for both MX and Cumulus 1 software, he overlooked that other pages in this Wiki were linking to the original Downloads page. He was so keen to promote MX, his edit downgraded Cumulus 1 to legacy and the links to the various Cumulus 1 downloads were consequently made harder to spot.
**This was done in a rush in September 2018 as the '''MX-beta''' release downloads were held as attachments to Steve Loft's forum posts, and at that time nobody had volunteered to host the Support Forum
** The new page had links to Mark's GitHub pages where the source and distributions for MX-beta had now been added.
*Subsequently, Niall Hosiene edited the new Software page to make it one destination for both MX and Cumulus 1 software, in deleting the original "Downloads" page, he overlooked that other pages in this Wiki were still linking to the original Downloads page.
** He was so keen to promote MX, his edit downgraded Cumulus 1 to legacy, and the links to the various Cumulus 1 downloads were consequently made harder to spot.


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