Crystal Reports 2013 - ongoing bugs

Currently have CR 2008 SP5 installed. Cannot get SP6. I have seen various functions that misbehave in calculated members (i.e. - Getnumcolumns & currentcolumnindex - to name 2). I just installed CR 2013 SP1 as a 30 day evaluation. None of these bugs have been fixed. How does SAP expect users to upgrade if they don't even fix bugs from 2 previous versions? Very disappointing...

Here is the thread I have with Abhilash. He points to several different issues
Crystal Reports 2008 - cross tab - calculated member
Regards,
-Luis

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